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

FROM : Aaron Fothergill
DATE : Mon Nov 05 03:17:55 2007

I see it as a potential source of revenue. "APE installation blocker" 
would probably be a top seller to sys admins :)

As long as it's only a 'preferred' installation method and we're 
still allowed to ignore that preference and use whatever method works 
for our users I don't think it's too big a problem. An improved 
package maker can only be a good thing for those apps that really do 
suit being installed by an installation package.

_____________________________
Aaron Fothergill  :  MD / Lead Coder
Strange Flavour Ltd
<email_removed>
http://www.strangeflavour.com


On 5 Nov 2007, at 00:58, Shawn Erickson wrote:

>
> On Nov 4, 2007, at 2:09 PM, Andreas Mayer wrote:
>

>>
>> Am 04.11.2007 um 21:34 Uhr schrieb Shawn Erickson:
>>

>>> "The installation package–based mechanism is the preferred method 
>>> for delivering products in Mac OS X. [...]"

>>
>> Well, this sucks.
>>

>>> 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).

>>
>> I guess I'll rather submit feedback on the new "improved" 
>> deployment method ...

>
> Play with the new package maker to understand its capabilities 
> before you go off hating installers :)
>
> (of course the documentation for package maker is a little weak and 
> like I noted supporting docs are out of date still)
>
> -Shawn_______________________________________________
>
> Cocoa-dev mailing list (<email_removed>)
>
> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com
>
> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/<email_removed>
>
> This email sent to <email_removed>