On 2010-10-07, at 11:18 AM, Mike Schrag wrote: > 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?
I vote for Jeremy to not put it in /Applications because I like kittens... a lot. I also vote for someone to put an alias on the desktop 'cause I really want to see Mike punch EVERYONE in the face. Loading up on popcorn and getting comfy, this should be good. > > 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 > ;david -- David LeBer Codeferous Software 'co-def-er-ous' adj. Literally 'code-bearing' site: http://codeferous.com blog: http://davidleber.net profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidleber twitter: http://twitter.com/rebeld -- Toronto Area Cocoa / WebObjects developers group: http://tacow.org _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
