Re: Re: Download Sizes
Re: Re: Download Sizes
- Subject: Re: Re: Download Sizes
- From: Michael Rice <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:01:17 -0400
On Tue 07/15/08 12:42 PM , Jens Alfke email@hidden sent:
>
> On 15 Jul '08, at 9:22 AM, Michael Rice wrote:
>
> > It's amazing to me that when you download the
> iPhone SDK, it is > bundled with Xcode 3.1. After downloading Xcode 3.1
> (1060MB), it is > exceptionally irritating that I now have to
> download another 1278MB > just to get the SDK! Come on Apple, you are smart
> enough to figure > out how to test for what Xcode version is installed
> when installing > an SDK - you should be able to figure out how to
> package up a 200MB > standalone SDK download!
>
> The iPhone SDK package is several weeks older than the Xcode 3.1-only
> package. They just haven't updated it since Xcode 3.1 was released
> last week.
>
> Hint: Generally when a reputable engineer (or organization) does
> something that doesn't seem to make sense, there's actually a reason
> behind it. The reason or response may be suboptimal, but it's usually
> not a matter of just not being "smart enough". (This is related to the
> principle that other people's bugs are always 'trivial' or 'stupid'
> while one's own bugs are 'tricky' or 'subtle'.)
>
>
Which begs the question: If I install the SDK, should I then install the final Xcode 3.1 over it, to get the "good" Xcode instead of the one that is packaged with the SDK?
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