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Re: [67cat] [other] Thanks for removing the duplicate JDK paths with short names from the installer

by Jiri Kovalsky :: Rate this Message:

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Scott, can you please report this against Installer component?

http://qa.netbeans.org/processes/cat/67/bug_form.html

Thanks a lot,
-Jirka

Scott Palmer wrote:

> Sigh.. the bogus paths are back in 200905221401  that was a short-lived
> “fix”.
>
> Scott
>
> *From:* Scott Palmer [mailto:Scott@...]
> *Sent:* May 20, 2009 10:13 AM
> *To:* netcat@...
> *Subject:* [67cat] [other] Thanks for removing the duplicate JDK paths
> with short names from the installer
>
> It always drove me nuts that I would see those idiotic “short names”
> (another Microsoft abomination for those of you lucky enough to avoid
> Windows) in the path to the JDK when I was selecting the JDK for
> Netbeans or GlassFish to use in the installer.  Not to mention that the
> same path with the full names was right beside it in the list so there
> were redundant choices.
>
> I see in the 200905200201 installer that the JDK choices are only show
> the proper full paths and the redundant “short name” versions are gone.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Scott

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