I never experienced the need to reboot Windows after install. I have been installing at least 200 times.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 13:58, Steve Obbayi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, one thing we need to know is that windows users a lot of the times > are beginners. > In addition to that the installer needs to be able to: > 1. create the default user > 2. Choose the location of the data files (not just innoDB but for the other > storage engines) > 3. Ability to install multiple servers based on port > 4. Tell the user to reboot the computer after installation. I found > sometimes after a fresh install of mysql on windows it doesnt say that but > the server behaves erratic until the time one has to restart the computer. > > SKYPE: sobbayi > US: +1 202 297 6831 > +1 202 470 0525 > KE: +254 722 627 691 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arjen Lentz" <[email protected]> > To: "Sergey Petrunya" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Rohit Nadhani" <[email protected]>, "Khushboo Verma" < > [email protected]>, [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:51:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Maria-developers] Windows installer kick-off > > Hi Sergey, all > > On 14/10/2009, at 6:41 PM, Sergey Petrunya wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:44:01AM +0200, Peter Laursen wrote: > >> The billion dollar question is: what options should a config wizard > >> (ideally) provide? > >> . > >> base configuration (memory requirements, #of_connections assumed): > >> use: > >> mini, midi, medium. large, huge --template > >> default storage engine: MyISAM, Maria, XtraDB, PBXT > >> default charset: latin1, utf8, custom > >> enable slow log: yes|no > >> enable general log: yes|no > >> enable query cache: yes|no > >> .. what else is important? > > Parameters that would allow to install multiple servers side-by side: > > port to listen on, named pipe name, perhaps windows service name. > > Binary log should probably always be enabled. > > Forget the named pipe, since it's slower. > > > I don't think work on installer should include development of a > > configurator > > that will cover all options. Imo, the goals of install-time > > configurator should > > be: > > > > * Allow one to get to runnable setup always. This means ability to > > specify > > install directory, port number, service name (i.e. allow to change > > any > > setting that might get into conflict with something). > > install dir (default derived from version), service name, port > number... yes. > > > > * Allow to change 'simple' options (e.g. what to use as default > > storage engine, > > sql_mode, and other stuff that a newcomer might be immediately > > interested in. > > A newcomer does not know enough to either sensibly decide on storage > engine, or sql_mode. > So we should pick what is sensible, and that's InnoDB with > sql_mode=TRADITIONAL. > As I noted, this is already what the Sun/MySQL Windows wizard defaults > to, unless you specify that you don't want transactions. > Now the latter is something I don't care for asking, because people > really don't appreciate the implications of the question. > Furthermore, it would be great to have MariaDB be ACID compliant "out > of the box", on all platforms. > And it'd be nice if the config on Windows would be (at least broadly) > the same as on *nix. > > > > I don't think it makes sense to offer the user to specify options like > > query_cache_size - there's hardly anybody who could come up with a > > meaningful > > value at install time. Most users won't know, those who know exactly > > will > > probably prefer to edit the config file over using installer's GUI. > > > Exactly. > > > Cheers, > Arjen. > -- > Arjen Lentz, Exec.Director @ Open Query (http://openquery.com) > Exceptional Services for MySQL at a fixed budget. > > Follow our blog at http://openquery.com/blog/ > OurDelta: enhanced builds for MySQL @ http://ourdelta.org > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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