How do 99% of all Mac users run? I'm guessing as admin users (there's a little evil in all of us).
Sent from my iPad On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Mike Schrag <msch...@pobox.com> wrote: > That's because you either made it world-writable or you run as an admin user, > either of which is kind of evil. > > ms > > On Oct 7, 2010, at 10:53 AM, John Huss wrote: > >> I have put eclipse into /Applications forever and I've never had a single >> problem with permissions. I think that is a non-issue. >> >> John >> >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Kieran Kelleher <kelleh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> David, >> >> I disagree with you and Timo, and I agree with Mike and others. ;-) >> >> In summary 2 good reasons for installing in ~/Applications, considering that >> novice/intermediate users are the ones we are trying to make life easy >> for..... >> >> 1) Writeable Eclipse dir ... keep writeable in user dir. Prevent permission >> issues that 'stump' newbies into giving up too early. >> >> 2) Painless migrations to new machines >> >> -Kieran >> >> On Oct 7, 2010, at 7:54 AM, David Avendasora wrote: >> >> > I'm pretty against ~/Applications. Nothing installs there by default. Why >> > would we make an installer that's targeted at getting new users up and >> > running install in a place other than the normal /Applications? Sure >> > ~/Applications is _better_ but it's not _normal_. >> > >> > If they're advanced enough to want it in ~/Applications then they can move >> > it. >> > >> > Dave >> > >> > On Oct 6, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Jeremy Matthews wrote: >> > >> >> I had no idea what I was getting myself into....heh. >> >> >> >> This is for newbies...generally speaking, so we'll do >> >> ~/Applications...maybe offer a choice...dunno yet. >> >> >> >> -j >> >> >> >> On Oct 6, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Mike Schrag wrote: >> >> >> >>>> I was the same until recently when I switched to a new machine and >> >>>> forgot to copy over eclipse for the umteen'th time. So I moved it to my >> >>>> home directory instead. >> >>>> >> >>>> If eclipse kept it's plugins and other global config in my home >> >>>> directory I would have no reason to keep it there also. >> >>> welcome to one of the longest-standing debates in eclipse history >> >>> >> >>> ms >> >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/johnthuss%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to johnth...@gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/webobjects%40avendasora.com > > This email sent to webobje...@avendasora.com
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