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

[Michelle Murray (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3044?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12970616#comment-12970616 ] 

Michelle Murray edited comment on JBDS-3044 at 5/26/14 11:25 PM:
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For JBoss EAP, the installer is jboss-eap-6.2.0-installer.jar and the default install dir is /Applications/EAP-6.2.0/jboss-eap-6.2 [Mac OS X].

Seems EAP install dir matches the installer name. I guess for consistency it would make sense if JBDS does too.


was (Author: mmurray):
For JBoss EAP, the installer is jboss-eap-6.2.0-installer.jar and the default install dir is /Applications/EAP-6.2.0 [Mac OS X].
It doesn't seem that EAP is using /jboss-eap/ as the default install dir. So do we need to make a change?

> 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:
> {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}



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