Re: Installer delivery format
Re: Installer delivery format
- Subject: Re: Installer delivery format
- From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:32:20 +0200
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Swaroop Bhola <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
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> We are in the process of creating a flat installer. We had a bundle based
> installer earlier so while shipping it we used to make a dmg to ensure that
> it doesn’t get corrupt while downloading. Do we need to deliver the flat
> package as a dmg or can we directly ship/upload flat mpkg installer? What
> are the pros and cons for both?
Some I can think about quickly.
Pros:
- you don't have to ruin your life with the minor issues that can be
encountered with dmgs.
Cons:
- it's not very common (yet) for end-users to download a pkg/mpkg
directly. They are mostly used to downloading a dmg or zip archive.
- the name of the file may not be as human friendly as what you can
get with the name of a mounted dmg.
- you need to make sure that you have included the readme, EULA in the
distribution.
- Apple still provides its flat package/distribution inside a dmg.
e.g. FlashbackMalwareRemover tool. Maybe because of Cons #1. Maybe
not.
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