Re: While we're on the subject of DMG's for software distribution...
Re: While we're on the subject of DMG's for software distribution...
- Subject: Re: While we're on the subject of DMG's for software distribution...
- From: "Michael Ash" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 21:10:23 -0400
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Jerry Krinock <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 2008 Sep, 09, at 11:18, Charles Srstka wrote:
>
>> On Sep 9, 2008, at 5:53 AM, Bill Cheeseman wrote:
>>
>>> Apple currently recommends that ALL applications be delivered in the form
>>> of
>>> an installer. See the "PackageMaker User Guide," last revised in July
>>> 2007:
>>
>> Here's what Apple says in the Software Delivery Guide (which I'd assume to
>> be more authoritative about which option you should use than the
>> PackageMaker manual), in the section under Managed Installs:
>
> Charles, it may appear to have a more authoritative perspective, but it was
> last revised a year earlier, in July 2006. Therefore, I put my faith the
> document that Bill Cheeseman referred to instead. Manual Installs are Out.
> Installers are In.
Your installer is the first thing a user sees of your product, so it
should leave a good first impression.
Alas, with me, *any* form of install is an automatic loss of points.
So by shipping an installer, you ensure that my first impression of
your product is a bad one.
Not having an installer has so many benefits. Having one has almost no
benefits. I don't think that Apple's opinion on the matter should
matter one way or the other. After all, they are not the users of your
software.
Mike
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