When I was first trying out eclipse, I was on a multi user machine with eclipse in /Applications. I couldn't work out why sometimes a user could install plugins and sometimes a user couldn't. As a Mac user I never expected it to be important which user had installed the original application in /Applications. I thought eclipse was just flakey and so I stayed with XCode which didn't have these problems.
Later I worked out the problem, installed eclipse in ~/Applications and haven't had a problem since. Tim On 08/10/2010, at 12:53 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/tim%40triptera.com.au > > This email sent to t...@triptera.com.au
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