[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBDS-3044) Align installation default path with installer filename

[Martin Malina (JIRA)]

Martin Malina created JBDS-3044:
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             Summary: Align installation default path with installer filename
                 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: Denis Golovin


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:

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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?
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