Re: New convention of install path
Re: New convention of install path
- Subject: Re: New convention of install path
- From: Lachlan Deck <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:17:40 +1100
On 17/02/2012, at 3:20 PM, Yung-Luen Lan wrote:
> Since Xcode 4.3 is released as a single app, it will suggest to delete
> the /Developer at first launch.
>
> It seems that Apple is trying to eliminate the necessity of /Developer
> in the future. If you're just like me, blindly trust the instruction
> without thinking, it's likely that you will delete the whole eclipse
> and webobjects stuff accidentally. (Hint: you'll also lose some handy
> tools like Pixie, QuartzDebug, Quartz Composer and Dashcode.)
>
> I was wondering if it's necessary to change the best practice of
> install and setup wo/wonder/eclipse inside /Developer directory.
>
> How do you think?
It should change, yes. It should never have been considered a best practice IMHO to install third-party tools into dirs created by Apple installers like Xcode. Similar principle applies to install dirs for MacPorts or Mac Brew.
Lachlan Deck
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