On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is only partially true. Some apps ship as an .mpkg installer, > which is really a bunch of separate, dependant packages that install > together. But under the hood they are installed as separate packages > with dependency resolution. That's true, I did ignore mpkg's. I'm not sure what the split is between apps that distribute as a .app or a .mpkg ... > As for users not expecting to have to install some dependency, on app in > common use, MacFusion, requires that the MacFuse .pkg be installed. This is an exception that proves the rule. > Also Office 2008 requires the Rosetta .pkg package to be installed, but > helpfully offers to install it for you. Actually, this appears to just be just laziness on the part of MS. Rosetta seems not to be needed: http://forums.mactalk.com.au/11/72330-install-microsoft-office-2008-snow-leopard-without-rosetta.html _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
