Re: FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now
Re: FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now
- Subject: Re: FYI - installer packages are the preferred deployment method now
- From: Torsten Curdt <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 22:45:55 +0100
On 04.11.2007, at 21:34, Shawn Erickson 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/ )
cheers
--
Torsten
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