[brailleblaster] Re: More on installer script
- From: Keith Creasy <kcreasy@xxxxxxx>
- To: "brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 18:34:02 +0000
Yes, you could look at it this way. There is no formal definition I know of.
Even by my definition if the default configuration was required for the
application to run properly then it should be a resource.
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: More on installer script
Yes that description makes sense to me, but I get the feeling that ProgramData
still falls in resources as the content will not be edited by users (IE. if it
were then those files would belong in user directories).
In my mind default configurations which persist on a system even when the user
sets user settings is a resource.
I guess my definition is resources are treated read only, settings/data is
writable.
Michael Whapples
On 02/05/2013 13:37, Chuck Myers wrote:
I think it's a pretty good description.
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: More on installer script
It is a little vague but generally I think of "resources" as components, other
than actual code and instructions, that the application needs to operate; i.e.
fonts, dialog layouts, required fonts, etc. Toolbar images are obviously
required for the application to work as expected. Program data are things like
databases, configuration files, temporary files, files the application
generates at run time, etc. It isn't a hard and fast rule and we do, of course,
have some exceptions but that's the way I think of it.
Michael Whapples
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:47 PM
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: More on installer script
That is what I thought, but may be I am missing something as well.
Michael Whapples
On 1 May 2013 17:47:52 "Vic Beckley" wrote:
Keith and Michael,
I was going to stay quiet on this because I don't really know that much about
it, but I just had to open my mouth. It seems to me that a lot of the other
stuff in the ProgramData folder is program resources, i.e., Fonts. I am a
little vague on the difference in data and resources.
Best regards from Ohio,
Vic
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: More on installer script
Agree about them being resources, but I had taken ProgramData to be
resources/the resource location directory.
Michael Whapples
On 01/05/2013 17:04, Keith Creasy wrote:
Maybe but they aren't really data, I'd call them resources. Most applications
have resources that are part of the application and they generally go with the
source code in a "resources" directory or something of that sort.
I'm not arguing for it really, just pointing out the conventional wisdom. :)
Keith Creasy
Software Developer
American Printing House for the Blind
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: More on installer script
From other messages I get the feeling that may be images should be moved to
being a subdirectory as it is essentially data used by the application. This
would remove the need for changing the installer script.
Was there a reason why images was made a top-level diretory?
How much work will it take to change the location of the directory? Would it be
simpler to just change the installer script (probably to modify the installer
script would be adding one or two lines).
Basically I want it to be clear what action will be taken and by who.
Michael Whapples
On 30/04/2013 17:53, Vic Beckley wrote:
Michael,
On
further examination, I found two folders that aren't in the
old
BrailleBlaster structure. They must need added to
the installer. They
are:
Dist\Images
Dist\ProgramData\Semantics
I
didn't see any other obvious
differences.
Best
regards from
Ohio,
Vic
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