Re: Re[2]: Installer is not showing Upgrade button in Leopard
Re: Re[2]: Installer is not showing Upgrade button in Leopard
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: Installer is not showing Upgrade button in Leopard
- From: Stéphane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:36:15 +0100
On lundi, novembre 26, 2007, at 09:56 AM, Peter Mulholland wrote:
Hello JanakiRam,
Monday, November 26, 2007, 2:34:07 AM, you wrote:
Then how to overcome this ?. Is there any probable fox for this ?
Please help me to analyze this problem. Thanks in Advance.
What he is saying is that Apple have changed how Installer works, and
they have removed the Upgrade feature.
Never said that or wanted to imply that. They haven't. They just
removed the Upgrade label which is not such a bad move:
- There were localizations issues in the past (button not wide enough)
- It was sometimes not obvious which label should be used.
- It could be confusing to users. And anyway, it's Installer.app, not
Upgrader.app.
IMO, Apple Installer is not reliable for 3rd party use, and is
fundamentally flawed. If you need such features, then consider using a
3rd party installer such as Installer VISE X, or a custom made one.
I've been using the Apple package solution for 6 years and I don't
think that the first word that would come to my mind is flawed. It used
to be less flexible than it is today but things are improving.
Maybe it does not include all the features that you can find in
Installer VISE X or InstallShield or the ones you could put into a
custom made one. But I know one thing for sure, when I'm installing a
package with Installer.app, I don't feel the urge to shoot myself
contrary to my experience so far with multiple installers on Windows or
Linux.
The final end user experience with Installer.app is quite good. And I
think that at the end of the days, that's what matters the most.
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