Fwd: Re: [gdal-dev] FWTools and GDAL 1.7.0

[Joaquim Luis]

On 07-01-2011 15:07, Jason Roberts wrote:
>
> Tamas,
>
> WIX looks like a great technology for building the installation 
> package. I've never used it but I took a quick look and it seems to 
> provide what is needed.
>
> As I understand it, you are pondering whether it would be better to 
> have GDAL in Program Files\OSGeo\GDAL or in Program Files\GDAL. Is it 
> simply a question aesthetics or principle, in which it seems proper to 
> put all OSgeo projects under Program Files\OSGeo, but there could be 
> problems coordinating the efforts of multiple projects to adhere to 
> that carefully and not mash each other's files? If that summarizes the 
> issue, then I'd recommend going with the more practical, less 
> principled approach: put GDAL in Program Files\GDAL, and OSGeo4W in 
> Program Files\OSGeo4W. It could get messy if both installers have to 
> be able to create the Program Files\OSGeo directory but not 
> necessarily delete it when they are uninstalled, because there could 
> be another OSGeo project in there.
>

Let me just recall that OSGeo4W proposes the default install directory 
as C:\OSGeo4W
This is just my opinion and I feel quite at rest because I'm able to 
build GDAL and install it wherever I wont, but I would really hate that 
an installer would force me to install in a location contrary to my 
will. In particular when that location has blanks in the name (Program 
Files).
But, as I said it's just my private view.


Joaquim
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