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 violating the operating system restrictions and it is bending over backwards to help us not be broken. You may be able to run geoserver with heightened security credentials in order to write into program files - but it is not something we are doing right now? Jody On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Mike Pumphrey <m...@opengeo.org> wrote: >> 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: Move to %APPDATA% or Common AppData > Pro: Probably the most sensible place from an OS perspective > Con: Folders are hidden by default > > #3: Move to %USERPROFILE% or AllUsers/Public > Pro: Visible folder, better permissions > Con: Slightly odd place to put Program Data > > What do you think? > > >> indeed I am very impressed with your installer and would like to >> update the udig training materials to use it. > > Thanks! :) > > > Thanks, > Mike Pumphrey > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > > > Jody Garnett wrote: >>> >>> This looks more complicated than it actually is, but is slightly more >>> involved than the standard drop into the ProgFiles directory. It is >>> probably the most appropriate place for a data directory, though, so our >>> defaults should probably match that. (And no worries, the installer >>> writes >>> a shortcut to the data directory in the Start Menu!) >>> >>> Any Windows users have any thoughts? >> >> Thanks for taking this up - it results in a maddening set of problems >> when UAC is turned on. Ian commented on dropping shapefiles in a >> directory; after the shadow copy is made (if you edit a shapefile) you >> cannot really "remove" a modified shapefile unless you hunt down both >> copies ... very frustrating to explain. >> >>> * Jody, this is the default %APPDATA% environment variable, so evidently, >>> things would end up in the Roaming folder anyway... >> >> understood :-) >> >> If you would like to give this a go I am available to test this week; >> indeed I am very impressed with your installer and would like to >> update the udig training materials to use it. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
