Re: Installer
Re: Installer
- Subject: Re: Installer
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:03:45 +0100
Marcus,
sorry I've promised I won't continue this thread (thus I am
completely skipping the flamewar part), but this is technical enough
to be worth answering:
On 21.3.2006, at 19:34, Marcus S. Zarra wrote:
What purpose does an application have in putting files ANYWHERE on
the system other than in the ~/Library/Preferences or ~/Library/
Application Support? If an app is putting something somewhere else
(excluding its own bundle of course) why? Laziness on the
developer? Malicious code?
Nope. Rather
- provider frameworks shared with other applications of the same nest,
- non-stanard fonts it needs (and shares... etc)
- key bindings
- input managers
- plugins for *other* system parts the application cooperates with,
which may include
- system preference panes
- screensavers
- folder scripts
- automator scripts
- dynamic service provider shells
... and infinitely more ...
Note also that *whatever* which the application changes dynamically
for any purpose (the last mentioned dynamic service provider bundle
is an excellent example) must go to appropriate ~/... folder, since
the application's own bundle in /Applications is generally not
writeable.
---
Ondra Čada
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