On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Jim Thorton wrote: On Sep 28, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Zack Jarrett wrote: xCode is the IDE for developing on the Mac and, as such, is also not an app in the App Store sense. App's do one thing. IDEs and operating systems do much more.
In my view, that's not the issue. If you want to distribute a product at Mac App Store, the product must follow Mac App Store's review guidelines. Ask Jason, the boss. They will tell you (In fact, Jason has said so.) that all products including Apple software products must go through the Mac App Store review process. I'm not the decision maker here but just a follower. If Apple didn't distribute Xcode through Mac App Store, then I would have no problem. Xcode 4 includes Application Loader 1.5, an stand-alone application. It doesn't function properly under OS X Lion. If it did, so many people would not complain about it in developer's forums. "Don't include a feature that doesn't work." That's what the person reviewing Xcode 4 should have said to the development team.
I had a copy of "Install Xcode.app" version 4.1 on an external disk. I had installed it on two installations of Lion. I noticed that "Install Xcode.app" version 4.1.1 was available from App Store. I wanted to download it, but there was only an Install button, so ... Click.
After a confusing display of progress bars, something finished, but I could not find and download in any location. Finally, I noticed that the file "Install Xcode.app" version 4.1 was now "Install Xcode.app" version 4.1.1.
The App Store had modified a file in my storage space without my permission. That's bad! The App Store has violated MY guidelines.
Then I ran the "Install Xcode.app" version 4.1.1 in Lion, but could find no change in my Developer folder. (?)
(I never install anything online. I always download, then install later, offline.)
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