site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Hello Stéphane, Sunday, October 15, 2006, 6:22:07 PM, you wrote:
- pushing out Installer.app update would require pushing out Installation.framework update.
I don't see the problem here - aren't Frameworks designed to support more than one version concurrently?
- it may also require updating the BOM framework.
See above.
- it may also require updating the Cocoa frameworks or rewrite some methods
Hm, fair point... but I don't see that being likely.
- it may require trusting the Javascript engine on 10.3 to be the same as the 10.4's one
I would expect it to be the latest one on ALL OS's - Microsoft manage this (or rather, Sun do)
- QA cost and lack of resources.
Unacceptable excuse, IMO. What about *OUR* QA costs from having to mess about and then finally decide to write an inhouse install tool?
- people may ask to have a version of PackageMaker that can build distribution scripts with a 10.3 OS since the OS is supporting that feature.
Don't see the problem here.
- Apple needs to 'end-of-life' its old OS versions (for instance with the latest release of iTunes, 10.2 is considered dead) to be able to concentrate on the next OS versions that pay bills and wages.
This is double standards... I understand 10.1 and 10.2 being dead but 10.3 is still in wide use. Microsoft pushed out their new Installer technology they made available in XP to 2K, 98 and ME because they were all still in wide use. At the end of the day, it's an *installer* - there are plenty of other good reasons to upgrade to 10.4, but to get basic functionality in Installer is *not* an acceptable one. -- Best regards, Peter mailto:darkmatter@freeuk.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com