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Bug 153495

Summary:	Installer overwrites NB 6.5 standard install
Product:	installer	Reporter:	Craig Mcclanahan <craigmcc>
Component:	Code	Assignee:	ardavis26 <ardavis26>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker	CC:	petersl
Priority:	P2
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	Macintosh
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Craig Mcclanahan 2008-11-20 00:19:04 UTC

I installed the new NB 6.5 release on my Mac (OS/X 10.5, Intel Core Duo) with no problems, but also wanted to try out
the new Python support.  However, the Mac installer for this overwrote my standard NB installation, with no warning. 
Workaround:  reinstalling standard NB 6.5 works, but should not be required.

The installer for Linux (Ubuntu 8.1) does something similar but different -- it also overwrites my existing NB 6.5
installation, but this time seems to *add* the python project options to the original set, rather than replacing them. 
That is actually the behavior I would prefer (i.e. somehow package the python stuff as a plugin that can be added and
removed, rather than only providing it as a standalone).

At a minimum, though, it should be possible to install the Python stuff alongside an existing NB 6.5 installation,
without corrupting it.

Comment 1 Peter Lam 2008-11-24 23:00:21 UTC

this should be a p2 to be fixed in python fcs milestone.

Comment 2 dlipin 2008-11-25 08:02:52 UTC


*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 145810 ***