infradead is down

[Christopher Woods (CM)]

On 11/02/2013 15:22, Kapitano wrote:
> On 2/11/2013 14:30 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>> Possibly a solution would be to provide a command line parameter to 
>> get-iplayer which would specify where to store the cache and settings,
>
> That would be a very good feature, which I suppose I'm hereby 
> requesting. We've already got one for the default download folder.
>
> The rights and wrongs of which folders should have what access 
> privileges...is a good nerdy subject on which we won't be able to agree.
>
> Shevek wrote:
> > Anything that has a portable install, I put it in C:\Applications
>
> I've got over 200 programs on my laptop, and they're *all* portable 
> and outside Program Files. Erm, except for Get_iPlayer. :-).
+1 (+1 bonus) for portable option. I'd *love* me some portable GiP.

Just this weekend, on an old installation I fell afoul of 2.79's 
inability to write to the default download location problem. And woe 
betide me, infradead was down to boot!