December 2007 - Installer-dev

Re: Some basic distribution guidelines
by Heath Volmer 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Heath On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:35 PM, Nathan Duran wrote: On Dec 27, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Heath Volmer wrote: _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Thanks for the ideas. I'll have to get a feel for the necessity of the key or not. It's a very simple app, which works fine when dropped on a machine and fired up, but I'd like to have license agreements and possibly product keys to keep things as honest as I can. I'm not sure that the keys are necessary given the target audience for my product, but I'm still interested. You can shove a license agreement in your installer as a text or RTF file, or if you're not going to be using an installer, put it on your downloads page. Product key management code would be something you'd have to design and implement yourself--Apple has nothing to do with your application's specific functionality._______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/hvolmer%40mac.com This email sent to hvolmer(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Some basic distribution guidelines
by Tobias Peciva 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

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Re: Some basic distribution guidelines
by Nathan Duran 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Dec 27, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Heath Volmer wrote: It's a very simple app, which works fine when dropped on a machine and fired up, but I'd like to have license agreements and possibly product keys to keep things as honest as I can. I'm not sure that the keys are necessary given the target audience for my product, but I'm still interested. You can shove a license agreement in your installer as a text or RTF file, or if you're not going to be using an installer, put it on your downloads page. Product key management code would be something you'd have to design and implement yourself--Apple has nothing to do with your application's specific functionality. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Some basic distribution guidelines
by Heath Volmer 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Heath _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Hello. Please point me in the right direction if this isn't the right place to be... I've written an app that I'm preparing to sell and I'm not having much luck finding a set of good guidelines for preparing my product. It's a very simple app, which works fine when dropped on a machine and fired up, but I'd like to have license agreements and possibly product keys to keep things as honest as I can. I'm not sure that the keys are necessary given the target audience for my product, but I'm still interested. Can anyone point me towards any resources? I've thought about joining ADC as a select member (partly since a single hardware purchase essentially pays for the program) but don't want to dive in until I'm sure about the benefits. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Problems running script
by Nathan Duran 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Dec 25, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Guy Catz wrote: Each release only gets worse so I sure hope not. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Does Apple going to issue another version of it in the near future? Google will find you more PackageMaker tutorials than anyone else, but few are going to cover the Mac and Unix fundamentals you seem to be having the most trouble with. You'll need different tutorials for that. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: Problems running script
by Guy Catz 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AchHFx8POB5EFJyGTfGs5qPu3I1VUwAA8Vvw Thread-topic: Problems running script Thanks. I'm deleting files because our application uses new files with different names and other files cannot be there. Does anyone knows a good source of information, beside this forum, good documentation, maybe samples / tutorials...? is there other document about PackageMaker besides the PackageMaker User Guide, which is, how to put it, weak in details...? it seems that the PackageMaker has many bugs or unsolved issues. Does Apple going to issue another version of it in the near future? anyone feels the same? Guys, Thank you very much for your support. -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Duran [mailto:installerdev@khiltd.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 6:53 PM To: Guy Catz Subject: Re: Problems running script On Dec 25, 2007, at 8:05 AM, Guy Catz wrote: > Thanks guys, the problem was indeed "exit 1". I'm new to UNIX systems > (at least I'm learning something new every day).. > > Now, I have another problem - there is a file that the PackageMaker > refuse to deploy. It's an APP file and when I'm trying to delete the > directory that I'm installing to, it seems that it has permission > problem. Other file are being deployed to this folder with no > problems. > > Thanks. > > Guy. So check the admin privileges option. Why are you deleting a folder you're installing to in the first place? _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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FW: Problems running script
by Guy Catz 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AchG4qumR1UokZXeRGK7hK28uABYgAALNpgw Thread-topic: Problems running script _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Problems running script
by Guy Catz 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AchG4qumR1UokZXeRGK7hK28uABYgA== Thread-topic: Problems running script _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: launching app post-install in leopard
by cohen.rick＠gmail.com 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; bh=uazoyWoP8eb/SI+GTuzcmW/Demwidxo+24tGZUyrueg=; b=FJDR0Ec9YMrdF/1KrCN8pGtpsnHicLT1Ff9WQGsBusOkS29YQZC/LIB8wjG4vLBDshumjFld6HcVmZ8RV6GI3ZTSYb+mdfYP9o5J8ixTBMGTKC/PCZ5SI2sOCcYwntr3rGFu0Ci7wctd/07RgsS4wVnlf82XneqArv5Nd5H9LZI= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=LW/vG7EJ8p5XxRV/hC+tWtOOoNmR1CgqmneOtaqkbaE6kPBu0GftqeQU8pLsD/WCBOKuei3PUonTNfUG38P/4UL9N7RhJVdR5DG9JXQCesCQ0Bg12nOb9sv/d2yAXY8jFUCw1uRvsH3As1P9fveyw3BVOC7+giEBTTF7ee+wSJA= User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) Hi Nathan, - Rick On Dec 21, 2007, at 5:07 PM, cohen.rick(a)gmail.com wrote: Hi Nathan, This email sent to rcohen.lists(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… No, the app doesn't link against anything that is protected (unless Apple or Metrowerks have done something). In fact, it runs fine the 2nd time you launch it. On 12/22/2007 12:00 PM, Nathan Duran wrote: The application in question (the one launched from a script which is run by the Apple Installer) is not copy protected in any way. Does it link against any shared libraries that might be?_______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/rcohen.lists%40gmail.c… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: launching app post-install in leopard
by Nathan Duran 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Dec 21, 2007, at 5:07 PM, cohen.rick(a)gmail.com wrote: Hi Nathan, The application in question (the one launched from a script which is run by the Apple Installer) is not copy protected in any way. Does it link against any shared libraries that might be? _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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