FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now
FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now
- Subject: FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now
- From: Shawn Erickson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:34:39 -0800
"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."
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/PackageMakerUserGuide/index.html
>
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).
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGInstallationsUpdates/chapter_9_section_3.html
>
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution/Introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html
>
-Shawn_______________________________________________
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