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

FROM : Scott Anguish
DATE : Mon Nov 05 02:21:37 2007

Just yesterday a thread that was similar to this was stopped, and I 
asked that it be moved to another location.


Please stay on topic.  Installation issues are not appropriate 
discussion for this list.



On Nov 4, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Torsten Curdt 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/
>  )