Re: FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now

FROM : Torsten Curdt
DATE : Sun Nov 04 22:45:55 2007

On 04.11.2007, at 21:34, Shawn Erickson wrote:

> "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."


Thanks for the heads up. IMO that is terrible news though. I 
personally hate package-based installers (big fan of http://
www.timdoug.com/unpkg/ )

cheers
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Torsten