CRM-4402 Import uses absolute filesystem path instead of relative path

any specific reason why that is bad?

we use an absolute path in that specific file since it is called independent of the CMS (from a cron script)

lobo

There are times when I move or rename my Joomla installation to a different folder. After the move, I manually edit the files:

<base of Joomla>/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php
<base of Joomla>/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php

I usually do this when the main website is not using Joomla or is using a very old version of Joomla. So I install Joomla 1.5 in a staging directory on the server. Then I configure Joomla, CiviCRM, etc and get the stakeholders to try the "staging" website. When I am ready to go live, I backup the old website, clear the "main" folder out, then move the "staging" Joomla into the folder for the main website. This allows me to fully test everything before the "go live" date and only have about 5 minutes of downtime to perform the switch.

If you do not change it, then it should be better documented how to move CiviCRM to a new folder on the server.

wanna edit and update the docs?

Sure! Which document should I update? Or where should I create a new document?

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC21/Moving+an+Existing+Installation+to+a+New+Server+or+Location

note that for joomla we recommend doing a new install and then importing your old DB.

I updated the doc.

Why do you recommend doing a new install for Joomla? What are the issues?