[kepler-dev] [Bug 5505] Kepler-2.3 installer should create directory named "Kepler-2.3", not "Kepler"

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Matt Jones <jones at nceas.ucsb.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Matt Jones <jones at nceas.ucsb.edu> 2011-10-06 13:00:17 PDT ---
Derik and I went back and forth about this last month.  For me, one of the
compelling reasons to go with a versionless directory is that Kepler now has
the feature of switching versions via the ModuleManager on the fly.  So, I
might install 2.3, but then load a workflow in strict mode that switches the
installed version of Kepler to 2.1.  It would be weird to have this 2.1 install
be pressent in a 2.3 labeled directory.

Also, there are efficiencies to be had by installing all of the modules in one
location, so they can be found and need not be needlessly re-downloaded when
the MM switches from version to version.

Finally, I think it is the installer/MM's job to transparently switch from
version to version, and that the 'cruft' from previous versions really
shouldn't/can't get in the way.  If it does, then the MM has a bug, because it
is supposed to by design be able to switch from one version to another
seamlessly.

So I voted for plain "kepler" as the install directory.

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