Re: Versioned User Directories on Windows

2018-10-02 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 10/2/18 6:51 AM, Daniel wrote: > On 01/10/2018 03:05, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> I take it that the reason to have versioned user directories is so >> people can have parallel installations of 2.2 and 2.3, say. But you can >> still do that, of course, by manually setting the user directory.

Re: Versioned User Directories on Windows

2018-10-02 Thread Daniel
On 01/10/2018 03:05, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: I take it that the reason to have versioned user directories is so people can have parallel installations of 2.2 and 2.3, say. But you can still do that, of course, by manually setting the user directory. How many people do that anyway on Windows?

Re: Versioned User Directories on Windows

2018-10-01 Thread Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Le 01/10/2018 à 17:28, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : On 10/1/18 4:02 AM, Jean-Pierre Chrétien wrote: Le 01/10/2018 à 03:05, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : [...] I take it that the reason to have versioned user directories is so people can have parallel installations of 2.2 and 2.3, say. But

Re: Versioned User Directories on Windows

2018-10-01 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 10/1/18 4:02 AM, Jean-Pierre Chrétien wrote: > Le 01/10/2018 à 03:05, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : > [...] >> >> I take it that the reason to have versioned user directories is so >> people can have parallel installations of 2.2 and 2.3, say. But you can >> still do that, of course, by manual

Re: Versioned User Directories on Windows

2018-10-01 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 10/1/18 2:46 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > On 1/10/2018 2:05 p.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> We use 'versioned' user directories on OSX and Windows: By default, the >> major version number is used as part of the directory name. This leads, >> on Windows, to hassles for users: When you upgrad

Re: Versioned User Directories on Windows

2018-10-01 Thread Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Le 01/10/2018 à 03:05, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : [...] I take it that the reason to have versioned user directories is so people can have parallel installations of 2.2 and 2.3, say. But you can still do that, of course, by manually setting the user directory. How many people do that anyway

Re: Versioned User Directories on Windows

2018-09-30 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 1/10/2018 2:05 p.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: We use 'versioned' user directories on OSX and Windows: By default, the major version number is used as part of the directory name. This leads, on Windows, to hassles for users: When you upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3, you have to manually copy the ol