On Friday 15 June 2007 13:54, David Boyes wrote: > > > 1. I am considering to change the default installation location for > > Bacula on > > > Windows to be the same as it was previously -- that is the \bacula > > directory > > > on the main disk. The current installation places files in the > > "standard" > > > Windows locations, but IMO, it is very inconvenient because they are > > > extremely long names with spaces that are very hard to remember, and > are > > > sprayed all over the disk. > > Please don't change this. I talked to the Windows guys here (who are > fairly reasonable sorts) and they expect packages that go into their > environment to comply with the manufacturer's recommended packaging and > location strategy. Putting things in the root directory (aka the "old" > way) messes up their management plans and the way they do builds, and > makes them grumpy. Grumpy Windows admins is bad, particularly if you > want companies to pick up Bacula into the mainstream.
OK, it is not going away, but there will probably be some additional options or a different default. > > Keep in mind that for those whose only experience is with Windows, this > is the way things are supposed to work. They don't know any better, and > things that make them think are difficult, and thus bad. > > Personally, I want it in SYS1.PARMLIB, but the LKED and IEBLIBR steps > just don't want to happen for me...8-) > > -- db > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
