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DavidLee62

About the software install path

Status: New

Hope the package management interface has a choosing install path option.

 

 

David 

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jyoung8711
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I "kudod" this but I have mixed feelings about it.

 

Since the package manager is pushing a very "modular" installation mechanism (ie breaking solutions into multiple packages, and potentially adding new packages which extend a base solution), allowing a user to specify paths of individual packages seems to be... dangerous.

 

HOWEVER -- I think the concept would be very useful.  For instance maybe providing a "switch" in the build which will allow a user to specify an install path, or being able to link packages together into a solution inside of Package Manager where the install path is specified for the solution, and all members of the solution can reference that path?

 

There are probably a couple other ways to approach this, those are just the ones that hit me up-front.