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Bug 71342 - incorrect terminology used
Summary: incorrect terminology used
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Tools bundle (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: mslama
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-01-13 05:23 UTC by Vince Kraemer
Modified: 2006-10-23 16:40 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Vince Kraemer 2006-01-13 05:23:22 UTC 
While the file 

/Applications/NetBeans.app 

is a directory to Unix users, it is not a directory to Macintosh users.

The field label on the installation page (installation wizard - page three)
should probably be changed.
Comment 1 mslama 2006-01-13 09:08:36 UTC 
How to change it? Why is not NetBeans.app directory? How is it called on Mac?
Comment 2 Vince Kraemer 2006-01-13 17:28:43 UTC 
I don't know.  

This document may have some answers for you...

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGInstallationsUpdates/chapter_9_section_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002722-DontLinkElementID_17

My guess, since I am just a user (I don't write installers for Mac OS X products
professionally), is that the installer should be asking where the users wants to
install the NetBeans application and copy/create/whatever the NetBeans.app
"directory" into that location.
Comment 3 Vince Kraemer 2006-01-13 17:30:39 UTC 
you gaotta be kidding on the target milestone...  It is going to take you until
promo-g to change a label in the installer.  We gotta get you a better tool-kit
for installer development.
Comment 4 mslama 2006-01-16 12:43:00 UTC 
Sorry. No kidding. It is simply after core freeze so no changes (even simple
like this) but showstoppers are allowed to go to NB 5.0 branch.
Comment 5 Jan Chalupa 2006-01-16 16:22:08 UTC 
Correct. This is not a showstopper.
Comment 6 mslama 2006-07-10 14:49:27 UTC 
We use this approach (ie. installation path contains also NB directory for all
other supported platforms). We do not have any other complaints about this from
Mac users. For now I close this issue as WONTFIX.

If I understand you correctly you suggest we should display only parent of NB
install dir eg. /Applications or /Users/<user name> and create "NetBeans.app" in
selected directory? Is it right? If not I do not understand what you mean.