Doesn't mean we need to be complicit in their terrible life decisions. And, I would wager that developers would be tend to be more discerning with respect to permissions. I think this is officially a religious argument at this point. I nominate that Jeremy just does whatever makes him feel good ........ with the knowledge that I'll kill a kitten if he puts it in /Applications.
Should we switch over to debating optimal code formatter preferences and curly brace placement? ms On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:12 AM, David Avendasora wrote: > 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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