FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now

FROM : Shawn Erickson
DATE : Sun Nov 04 21:34:39 2007

"The installation package–based mechanism is the preferred method for 
delivering products in Mac OS X. This model is a change for 
experienced Mac OS X developers and packagers. Before Mac OS X v10.5 
(Leopard), the preferred software delivery mechanism was the manual 
install, where users drag the product from its container, a disk 
image, onto their file system. However, managed installs (which are 
steered by the Installer application after the user opens an 
installation package) on Leopard clients make possible advanced 
installation-management features, such as better package management 
through the Installer package database, downloadable packages, and 
certificate-based signing. Leopard leverages these features to provide 
users an improved install experience."

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/PackageMakerUserGuide/index.html
>

The HIG documentation and software delivery guide still lists drag & 
drop installs (manual install) as the preferred method. Of course 
neither of those documents have been updated since 2006 (I submitted 
feedback on both of those documents).

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGInstallationsUpdates/chapter_9_section_3.html
>
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution/Introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html
>

-Shawn_______________________________________________

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