site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references :content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date :to:x-mailer; bh=mZsHgbl1Vke9rQbCKi4M3xrfs7z5JDa7w5H+kzaLy44=; b=VlIZ/yJwEEX5udT41g441lowRSTuU2XNXyCVyS2AckEEKZKzK7JlwXccZGfib9pm1D s+0hyjBU9aoInysGeYTUJ7flUrezymqoo0zq//gAOmJeolAPhNn3ddLU2ItYFCrnadhW 1cUGV3x15squpDsX2H8h+zZq7n3Ej/1G5ITdM= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=IJMlYWttZvMYjxGULeRoxm/YruUQEoECKaTkBIgfaZbhHhHWjG5BWwa1rK+sndRbSp UDYX5z8a1EF1L6DA4Mt8L4KGPN1CnXZgBgW1Q8YL2Ozx9pGl7l6MSEHM8EdWZ6YA9PdV aRo/MOo0TivO7ofEuNxak7Pjv4GfdD7hV2eJs= On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Ulf Dunkel wrote: Not really a concern for 95% of Mac users, fortunately. _______________________________________________ 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... Technically spoken, I see that more and more software distributors stop distributing .dmg packages in favor of .zip archives. We also prefer .zip archives which are automatically unzipped and checked in the main available browsers. Users are used to drag apps into the Applications folder themselves, but don't always want to overwrite existing versions with the same app name. So .zip archives are a more convenient way. The issue with drag & drop dmg and zip files are that the owner and group are not correct in the end. The trend seems to be for applications to be root:wheel in /Applications. (And, by the way: DMG views looks rather ugly when you have hidden files switched visible. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com