Re: [Geoserver-devel] Problems with REST on Geoserver 2.0

2010-01-12 Thread Justin Deoliveira
Hi, (This post is better suited to the users list, you will get a better answer there as this is the developer list) We will need a bit more info about the problem. When you try to upload the new feature type do you get any errors on the console or in the log? -Justin Sophy Eung wrote: Hi

Re: [Geoserver-devel] installer fun

2010-01-12 Thread Mike Pumphrey
I'm fine with this, personally. To add to the discussion, the Application Data/AppData folder is a subfolder of a user's home directory where user-specific editable program files go. This is akin to the dot folders that exist in UNIX home directories. Now, since this new installer allows for

Re: [Geoserver-devel] installer fun

2010-01-12 Thread Ian Turton
The only problem I can see with this is that by default (on Vista anyway) AppData is a hidden directory so your basic user will not be able to see their data folder to drop shapefiles etc in to. I hadn't noticed this problem because I always install GeoServer into my home directory anyway (in part

Re: [Geoserver-devel] installer fun

2010-01-12 Thread Mike Pumphrey
Hi Ian. That is a valid consideration. The new installer does put a shortcut in the Start Menu to that folder, but you're right that the inability to simply navigate to the data_dir via Explorer could be a bit awkward. Do you have an alternate placement suggestion, or do you think we should

Re: [Geoserver-devel] installer fun

2010-01-12 Thread Ian Turton
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mike Pumphrey m...@opengeo.org wrote: Hi Ian.  That is a valid consideration.  The new installer does put a shortcut in the Start Menu to that folder, but you're right that the inability to simply navigate to the data_dir via Explorer could be a bit awkward.  

Re: [Geoserver-devel] installer fun

2010-01-12 Thread Andrea Aime
Ian Turton ha scritto: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mike Pumphrey m...@opengeo.org wrote: Hi Ian. That is a valid consideration. The new installer does put a shortcut in the Start Menu to that folder, but you're right that the inability to simply navigate to the data_dir via Explorer

Re: [Geoserver-devel] installer fun

2010-01-12 Thread Ian Turton
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Andrea Aime aa...@opengeo.org wrote: Ian Turton ha scritto: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mike Pumphrey m...@opengeo.org wrote: Hi Ian.  That is a valid consideration.  The new installer does put a shortcut in the Start Menu to that folder, but you're

Re: [Geoserver-devel] installer fun

2010-01-12 Thread Mike Pumphrey
Hmmm... except in some systems (Unix) a user can be there without having a home, and that is especially true for users that run services. However, this is the Windows installer. Can a user that runs services exist without a home there? Right now the user running the GeoServer service is