[mapguide-internals] Getting closer with 64 bit installer

[Jason Birch]

Um, biting my tongue on this one...

On 2010-07-06, Zac Spitzer <zac.spitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not much of a C++ developer, but looking at the example trevor pointed
> out
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/browser/trunk/MgDev/Common/CoordinateSystem/CoordSysCatalog.cpp#L183
>
> we install CS-MAP to
>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\OSGeo\MapGuide\CS-Map
>
> rather than "\\Autodesk\\Geospatial Coordinate Systems"
>
> isn't that the problem?
>
>
>
> On 6 July 2010 17:19, Jason Birch <jason at jasonbirch.com> wrote:
>> The installer conditionals are already really complicated, and I worry
>> that
>> adding more special cases will increase our risk and the complexity of
>> troubleshooting user installs.
>>
>> I do agree that requiring a reboot is silly, but I also don't really see
>> it
>> as a huge problem.  For development platforms, rebooting isn't a big deal,
>> and for production platforms the extra time for a reboot isn't much of an
>> issue considering that you're likely doing this no more than twice a year,
>> and have already scheduled downtime for cold backup, uninstall,
>> re-install.
>>  Yes, it's not compliant with Windows best practices, and it's ugly, but
>> the
>> cost to the end user is relatively low.
>>
>> What I would like to see is an increased isolation from system / registry
>> settings with the following:
>>
>> - MapGuide server and web tier pulling CS-Map path from an ini file
>> setting
>> (no need for env var setting or reboot)
>> - PHP running as FastCGI, picking up its INI settings from installation
>> directory (no more need for PHP registry key)
>>
>> Unfortunately, I don't have money to put where my mouth is, and both are
>> too
>> much work to get into 2.2 even if I did.
>>
>> Regardless, this isn't really a sticking point for me, I just think the
>> costs of removing the reboot requirement from this one configuration (I'm
>> still surprised it isn't more widespread) are not worth the benefit.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On 5 July 2010 23:15, Jackie Ng wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Mind you, this only affects one configuration (Windows, 64-bit, IIS) out
>>> of
>>> the many possible different install configurations you could have in
>>> MapGuide.
>>>
>>> This is 2010, we shouldn't have to reboot for petty things like this.
>>>
>>>
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