{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/2","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/2/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/2/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/2/events","html_url":"https://github.com/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/2","id":110784972,"number":2,"title":"Boxstarter considered harmful","user":{"login":"jherico","id":1533642,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1533642?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico","html_url":"https://github.com/jherico","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-10-10T09:54:30Z","updated_at":"2015-10-13T20:09:57Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Boxstarter appears to be a great tool for automated setup of a fresh box with a bunch of dependencies needed for development or for CI.  For experienced developers, not so much.  When i started running the recommended executable, I ended up killing it when I realized it was attempting to *uninstall* my existing Git installation.\r\n\r\nOn this [page](http://wiki.osvr.com/doku.php?id=startingcore) I would much rather see a comprehensive list of dependencies and minimum versions than a suggestion that I go and start a Boxstarter install which could easily start downloading things I already have, or worse, mess up my configuration.  In particular the installation of Git in some of the boxstarter scripts seems to want to install the tool with a specific set of setup parameters about what gets injected into the system path and how it deals with line endings.  I already have Git installed and I'd rather not having it invisibly changed underneath me.  I also already have installations of Boost and OpenCV, so I'd rather not be re-downloading them to some location other than the one I've put them at.\r\n\r\nFor upstream dependencies where you feel you *need* a specific or custom version, I might suggest looking to the CMake `ExternalProject` functionality.  For anything else, just a list of libraries / versions required would be preferable."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/comments/147838088","html_url":"https://github.com/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/2#issuecomment-147838088","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/OSVR/OSVR-General/issues/2","id":147838088,"user":{"login":"jherico","id":1533642,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1533642?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico","html_url":"https://github.com/jherico","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jherico/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-13T20:09:57Z","updated_at":"2015-10-13T20:09:57Z","body":"The readme for the rendermanager suggests I need a custom nVidia display driver (or possibly that I need to customize a white list of direct mode supported displays).  Where is this driver, or information on how to customize the white list?  How was I supposed to find this render manager download in the first place?\r\n\r\n\r\n"}}