From: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
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To: | Steve Tibbett <stevex(at)stevex(dot)org> |
Cc: | "'David Garamond'" <lists(at)zara(dot)6(dot)isreserved(dot)com>, "'Dann Corbit'" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>, "'Claudio Natoli'" <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>, "'Andrew Dunstan'" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "'pgsql-hackers-win32'" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "'PostgreSQL-development'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] What's left? |
Date: | 2004-02-02 15:33:42 |
Message-ID: | 401E6DD6.3020600@Yahoo.com |
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Steve Tibbett wrote:
> I think users would prefer %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL - that's what Mozilla
> and some other projects do, although still other projects do
> %ProgramFiles%\GNU\PostgreSQL.
What would be the reason to put PostgreSQL into %ProgramFiles%\GNU ?
Jan
>
> I'd vote for %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL.
>
> - Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-win32-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of David
> Garamond
> Sent: January 23, 2004 2:42 AM
> To: Dann Corbit
> Cc: Claudio Natoli; Andrew Dunstan; pgsql-hackers-win32;
> PostgreSQL-development
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [HACKERS] What's left?
>
> Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>But for now I suggest that the default prefix on Windows is
>>>>C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL
>>
>> More properly:
>> %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL
>
> Another suggestion: %ProgramFiles%\PGDG\PostgreSQL (or even
> %ProgramFiles%\PGDG\PostgreSQL 7.5). Apache2 uses %ProgramFiles%\Apache
> Group\Apache2.
>
> Note: Many software uses the %ProgramFiles%\<VendorName>\<ProductName>
> convention, but apparently Microsoft itself puts stuffs right under
> %ProgramFiles% (%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Money, \Internet Explorer, \Windows
> Media Player, etc).
>
>> And then, if they don't like that, let them put it wherever they darn
>> well please.
>
> --
> dave
>
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