(2014-04-15, 22:53)brazen1 Wrote: Imo, I would fresh install from Frodo to Gotham once the RC or final is released. If one was to just install a new version on top of an old version it could potentially cause problems especially with plug-ins. New versions come out what....every couple years or so? I think that warrants a rebuild. For those who find that too cumbersome, I would save the old version and migrate some of the userdata folders to maintain watched status, etc. Also, if the paths are different from 1 version to another, how hard is it to delete the old path(s) and add the new, scan it in and be done? Besides, maybe it's time to upgrade the mapped source(s) along with Gotham anyway which is exactly, exactly, exactly, what I'm doing and the point of this thread. I guess what I'm saying is that imo, it's not really an issue but I fully understand that to others it is.
Brazen, I would agree that would solve the issue, and if the recommendation is made that people do a clean install rather than upgrade then the forum likely won't be flooded with people asking why their network locations are no longer available. However, if an easy upgrade path is provided, without a warning to check the network paths, and if most people take that easy upgrade path and don't check their network paths, then I'm guessing there will be more than a few people in the forum asking what happened to their network locations.
I completely get the issue:
"\\server\videos" works in Frodo, by accident
"\\server\videos" no longer works in Gotham
if you have a working installation of Frodo using "\\server\videos" as your network location, and you upgrade to Gotham, your shares will appear to no longer work
a solution is to run a clean install of Gotham, or delete and re-add your shares using the correct paths (I assume this we require me to rescan and scrape all of my media?)
an alternate solution would be for Gotham to check for these paths and updated them appropriately (something it cannot do today)
As I say, issue is clear, but if this isn't pointed out to a general public upgrading, I'm guessing there will be a group of people who will experience the same issue I did - I'm just guessing that I can't have been the only person that did a copy and paste from a windows explorer bar to get their network paths.