[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBDS-3044) Align installation default path with installer filename (and add version string too?)

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3044?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Nick Boldt closed JBDS-3044.
----------------------------

         Assignee: Nick Boldt  (was: Denis Golovin)
    Fix Version/s: 8.0.0.Beta2
                       (was: 8.0.0.Beta3)
       Resolution: Done


Max has vetoed doing anything here, so we won't change the default folder and therefore need not change any of the installed filenames either.

If someone cares enough to want to change this for JBDS 9, please reopen this and set a fixversion of 9.0.0.Alpha1.

Rationale for doing nothing: most users are on Windows; long paths on Windows suck; therefore, longer paths suck more. :D

> Align installation default path with installer filename (and add version string too?)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBDS-3044
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3044
>             Project: Developer Studio (JBoss Developer Studio)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: installer
>    Affects Versions: 8.0.0.Beta2
>            Reporter: Martin Malina
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>            Priority: Blocker
>              Labels: discuss
>             Fix For: 8.0.0.Beta2
>
>
> Now that Nick changed the installer filenames to jboss-devstudio in JBIDE-16871 (was jbdevstudio), shouldn't the default install path be changed similarly? Because it just went out of sync.
> This question is open for discussion. Nick pointed out some reasons against this suggestion:
> {quote}
> Martin Malina Re: changing the installation folder, I'll hold off on that change for the moment for a few reasons:
> a) Max is AFK, and will want to vet/veto this idea
> b) long paths for Windows users (80% of our user base) = bad news, especially considering how long some file paths can get already within Eclipse workspaces
> c) short paths for Windows (c:\jbdevstudio) & long paths for everyone else ~/jboss-devstudio) would be ill-advised from a documentation and cross-platform user experience
> So, either we stick w/ jbdevstudio, or we shorten to devstudio (losing the "jb" branding fragment). If we move to "jboss-devstudio" we increase the path by only 4 characters.
> Max Rydahl Andersen WDYT?
> {quote}



--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v6.2.6#6264)