If you would like to give this a go I am available to test this week;
Hi Jody. From the conversation, I don't think we have yet determined an
optimal position for the data_dir yet. To recap:
#1: Keep as is (leave in ProgFiles)
Pro: It's always been this way
Con: Not great on Vista/7
#2:
Either of the last two options would be an improvement.
Ian did mention the idea of #2 with a short cut for people to load
data into? If you think you can do that it would make the most sense;
if you run into any trouble go for option #3.
By not great for vista / 8 I literally mean we are
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
I have been chatting with Mike offline (since I was sending him
pictures of some visual glitches). And am dragging a topic back to the
list for discussion...
One of the problems with running geoserver on Vista / Windows 7 is the
location of the data directory in Program Files (it results in a
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