Shibboleth Developers

[Tom Scavo <>]

On 7/9/05, Walter Hoehn 
<>
 wrote:
> 
> On Jul 9, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Tom Scavo wrote:
> 
> > - protect ${idp.home}
> 
> I added an extra warning here that requires that one explicitly hit
> "y" twice.

But that assumes that the user knows what phrases like "the existing
configuration" and "your Shibboleth IdP configuration" mean.  Even
writing out the affected directory path (as the build file does now)
is not sufficient since the user may have no idea what files are in
that directory.

Part of the problem is simple terminology (consistent terminology
prevents user errors).  As it stands, ${idp.home} is not really a
"home directory", it's an "install directory".  A program "install
directory" can be uninstalled and is therefore volatile, whereas a
user "home directory" survives an uninstall.  This is common practice.
 For example, you can uninstall a browser or a PIM, but any existing
data files remain behind.

So I would expect to 'install' or 'uninstall' Shibboleth.  I should
not be allowed to 'install' over an existing installation, although a
'clean-install' alias might be provided.  Not even a 'clean-install'
should delete user files in a "home directory", however.

Tom