On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Jerry Krinock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008 Sep, 09, at 11:18, Charles Srstka wrote: > >> On Sep 9, 2008, at 5:53 AM, Bill Cheeseman wrote: >> >>> Apple currently recommends that ALL applications be delivered in the form >>> of >>> an installer. See the "PackageMaker User Guide," last revised in July >>> 2007: >> >> Here's what Apple says in the Software Delivery Guide (which I'd assume to >> be more authoritative about which option you should use than the >> PackageMaker manual), in the section under Managed Installs: > > Charles, it may appear to have a more authoritative perspective, but it was > last revised a year earlier, in July 2006. Therefore, I put my faith the > document that Bill Cheeseman referred to instead. Manual Installs are Out. > Installers are In.
Your installer is the first thing a user sees of your product, so it should leave a good first impression. Alas, with me, *any* form of install is an automatic loss of points. So by shipping an installer, you ensure that my first impression of your product is a bad one. Not having an installer has so many benefits. Having one has almost no benefits. I don't think that Apple's opinion on the matter should matter one way or the other. After all, they are not the users of your software. Mike _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
