X2Go Bug report logs - #225
when uninstalling x2goclient from windows, the .x2go folder remains

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From: Αλέξανδρος Τασίκας <alextasikas@gmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.x2go.org

Subject: when uninstalling x2goclient from windows, the .x2go folder remains

Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 19:46:10 +0300

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Package: x2goclient
Version: 4.0.0.3

when uninstalling x2goclient, the .x2go folder which is in the user space
(in windows-XP C:\Docs&Sets\username\.x2go) is not deleted!!! I think the
uninstall process should delete folder also.
(maybe related with Bug#224)

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Message #10 received at 225@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stefan Baur <newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de>

To: 225@bugs.x2go.org, x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de

Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#225: when uninstalling x2goclient from windows, the .x2go folder remains

Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 19:23:51 +0200

Am 30.05.2013 18:46, schrieb Αλέξανδρος Τασίκας:
> Package: x2goclient
> Version: 4.0.0.3
>
> when uninstalling x2goclient, the .x2go folder which is in the user 
> space (in windows-XP C:\Docs&Sets\username\.x2go)is not deleted!!! I 
> think the uninstall process should delete folder also.
> (maybe related with Bug#224)
>

Deleting stuff from user directories is a bad idea and should not be 
done. Please think of multi-user setups on the same machine. A user 
might have an individual copy of x2goclient.exe somewhere (there's no 
requirement to install x2goclient, it can be run as a 
portable/stand-alone application) and you'd delete that user's settings 
with a system-wide purge of all "C:\Documents and Settings\*\.x2go" 
directories. This is not what you want.

Just my 0.02€,
Stefan

Message #15 received at 225@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>

To: 225@bugs.x2go.org

Cc: control@bugs.x2go.org

Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#225: when uninstalling x2goclient from windows, the .x2go folder remains

Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 10:21:29 +0200

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tag #225 wontfix
close #225
thanks

Hi Stefann, Arnold, Αλέξανδρος,

On Do 30 Mai 2013 20:46:59 CEST Arnold Krille wrote:

> On Thu, 30 May 2013 19:23:51 +0200 Stefan Baur
> <newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de> wrote:
>> Am 30.05.2013 18:46, schrieb Αλέξανδρος Τασίκας:
>> > Package: x2goclient
>> > Version: 4.0.0.3
>> >
>> > when uninstalling x2goclient, the .x2go folder which is in the user
>> > space (in windows-XP C:\Docs&Sets\username\.x2go)is not deleted!!!
>> > I think the uninstall process should delete folder also.
>> > (maybe related with Bug#224)
>> >
>>
>> Deleting stuff from user directories is a bad idea and should not be
>> done. Please think of multi-user setups on the same machine. A user
>> might have an individual copy of x2goclient.exe somewhere (there's no
>> requirement to install x2goclient, it can be run as a
>> portable/stand-alone application) and you'd delete that user's
>> settings with a system-wide purge of all "C:\Documents and
>> Settings\*\.x2go" directories. This is not what you want.
>
> Also think about multi-machine setups with central user directories
> and/or roaming profiles. Deleting x2go on one machine doesn't mean its
> gone on all machines the user-directory is accessed from.
>
> And deleting stuff from the users dirs is generally no good idea. Might
> be something is borked with the install, so the user deinstalls and
> reinstalls. That doesn't mean he want to loose all his settings and
> profiles for x2go...

Considering the two comments from Arnold and Stefan above, I will  
close this bug and tag it as ,,won't fix''.

Best,
Mike


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