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Tested on NetBeansIDE-release35-200304062350-linux.bin ======================================================= My idea of polite and gentle installer's behaviour when trying install it into non-empty directory is that the installer should interact with a user in this way: 1) user choose non-empty dir Installer should tell it the user: "you select non-empty dir! Would you like still continue installation into this dir?" And this question has to come imediately or maximum late possibility is when pressing NEXT button. There alsou could be more polite behaviour, like detection other version of the IDE so, the installer then should inform the user about it (please see the issue #32524 where Richard describs how the installer could behave when deal with such situation) But in this basic case, which I think will be till now enough... Should ask user already mentioned question... And if user respons YES then it should continue in istallation, and when the file conflict happens (file already exists in the destination directory), Installer should ask user about overwritting with folowing possible answers: "yes, yes to all, no, no to all" and maybe cancel? if user say NO (for installing into non-empty dir) then installer should stay in install dir's choosing panel.
Scheduled for 4.0
Richard, why you sheduled this enhancement for 4.0? I think, that this is a serious defect. Because there is no way how to cancel the installation to nonempty directory. Is it so difficult to show one confirmation dialog that installation directory is not empty?
Installator 3.6 doesn't allow user to install NB into an empty directory. Marking as fixed.