[kepler-dev] Kepler 2.0 RC1

[Chad Berkley]

Hi Peter,

The location of KeplerData is purposefully outside of the installation 
directory because some users (mostly on Windows) do not have privileges 
to write to their installation directory.  Instead, an administrator 
installs the application and the user can only write to his or her home 
directory.  We can create an enhancement request to be able to select 
the location of KeplerData, but that won't happen until after the 2.0 
release.

thanks,
chad


Peter Reutemann wrote:
> Hi Chad
> 
>> I have created and uploaded the 2.0 Release Candidate 1 installers here:
>> http://dist.kepler-project.org/dist/Kepler-2.0.0/RC1/
>>
>> Please take a minute to download these installers and test them out.  I have
>> tested both the Windows and Mac installers, but I do not currently have a
>> linux machine with which to test the linux installer.  If someone could
>> please do that for me, I'd appreciate it.
>>
>> I have created a tracking bug for the RC1 installers here:
>> http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4943
>>
>> If you find a bug with the RC1 installers (just the installer, not kepler
>> itself), please file a new bug in bugzilla and have it block bug 4943 so I
>> can track it easier.
> 
> Since your bugzilla instance doesn't seem to like my email addresses,
> I'll just post it instead...
> 
> I was testing the plain java jar installer (under Centos 5.4) and I
> noticed the following: the location of the "KeplerData" cannot be
> selected and it ends up as a top-level directory in your home
> directory instead of on the same level as the chosen directory for the
> Kepler installation.
> 
> Maybe a good idea to extend the izPack installer and let the user
> select where to store that kind of data?
> 
> [...]
> 
> Cheers, Peter