The suggested location is %ProgramFiles%\CompanyName\ProductName but GNU products
often don't have a "company", so some projects use GNU as the company name.
I'd rather it was simply %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL myself.
- Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Wieck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 2004年2月2日 10:34
To: Steve Tibbett
Cc: 'David Garamond'; 'Dann Corbit'; 'Claudio Natoli'; 'Andrew Dunstan';
'pgsql-hackers-win32'; 'PostgreSQL-development'
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [HACKERS] What's left?
Steve Tibbett wrote:
> I think users would prefer %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL - that's what
> Mozilla and some other projects do, although still other projects do
> %ProgramFiles%\GNU\PostgreSQL.
What would be the reason to put PostgreSQL into %ProgramFiles%\GNU ?
Jan
>
> I'd vote for %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL.
>
> - Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David
> Garamond
> Sent: January 23, 2004 2:42 AM
> To: Dann Corbit
> Cc: Claudio Natoli; Andrew Dunstan; pgsql-hackers-win32;
> PostgreSQL-development
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [HACKERS] What's left?
>
> Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>But for now I suggest that the default prefix on Windows is
>>>>C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL
>>
>> More properly:
>> %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL
>
> Another suggestion: %ProgramFiles%\PGDG\PostgreSQL (or even
> %ProgramFiles%\PGDG\PostgreSQL 7.5). Apache2 uses
> %ProgramFiles%\Apache Group\Apache2.
>
> Note: Many software uses the %ProgramFiles%\<VendorName>\<ProductName>
> convention, but apparently Microsoft itself puts stuffs right under
> %ProgramFiles% (%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Money, \Internet Explorer,
> \Windows Media Player, etc).
>
>> And then, if they don't like that, let them put it wherever they darn
>> well please.
>
> --
> dave
>
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