[kepler-dev] [Bug 3898] - update .kepler instead of removing it between versions

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3898





------- Comment #12 from michalo at man.poznan.pl  2009-09-18 11:29 -------
(In reply to comment #11)

This idea (of passing parameter through the Java properties) is exactly what
I'd like to have in Kepler.

This way, I would be able to start separate instances of Kepler at the same
time. Additionally, regular user (non developer) would not notice a difference
if default value of -Dkepler.keplerDirectory would be set to "$HOME/.kepler"

> One possible solution would be to have the current devel version of kepler
> use .kepler/2.0/ instead of .kepler/
> 
> I do like the idea of being able to pass in the .kepler directory as a command
> line argument.  Java can take properties as a command line argument, so if
> the .kepler directory was a property such as kepler.keplerDirectory, then
> we could invoke java with something like 
> -Dkepler.keplerDirectory=/users/me/.kepler-myversion
> 
> 
> 
> Chad writes:
> > Hi Michal,
> > 
> > This is something we are currently working on for the 2.0 release. There is a bug here:
> > http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3898
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the 1.0 directory will not have this functionality in the future.
> > 
> > Aaron Schultz (aschultz at nceas.ucsb.edu) is working on this and I think he could answer any questions you have better than I could.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > chad
> > 
> > 
> > Michal Owsiak wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> Is it possible to pass home directory as a parameter to Kepler?
> >>
> >> We are developing application for both: Kepler 1.0 and Kepler 1.x.
> >>
> >> At the moment we are forced to either remove .kepler home each time we
> >> switch distribution or we have to create symbolic links. Not to mention
> >> the possibility of running Kepler 1.0 and 1.x simultaneously.
> >>
> >> If there is some sort of argument/switch/parameter that allows to set
> >> different .kepler location it would be great.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for the info
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Michal
>