Hi Damien, This mail is really an aside for Mac installation. I would vouch for not using disc images for distributing apps. Even though it's quite common in the Mac applications community I think it's best to avoid it. This article by UX designer Lukas Mathis explains precisely why one should refrain from using this format:
http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/07/24/installing-applications-on-the-mac-still-broken/ It's backed up by this other article by Joe Lion: http://joelion.com/2009/07/mac-app-installation/ and also the Firefox team at Mozilla: http://limi.net/articles/improving-the-mac-installer-for-firefox/ I think zip is much simpler to understand and manage for the user, it's also faster too (no need to mount, drag-to-apps, unmount). Cheers, -William On Jul 13, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Damien Plisson <damien.plis...@yahoo.fr> wrote: My build shell scripts are warming up for the 3 mac builds :) BTW, do we keep .zip files or do we go with standard mac .dmg ? .dmg are roughly 10% bigger but enable nice features such as background image, and explicit installation (copy to Application folder). Damien Le 13 juil. 2010 à 20:53, Ton Roosendaal a écrit : > Hi devs, > > Any showstoppers in sight for a new official build? > > Joshua: can you check bug 22816? > http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=22816&group_id=9&atid=498 > > Update on the sculpt patch: Brecht and Nicholas don't have time for > extensive reviews, but user reports from the fields are so positive > (more stable than trunk) that Tom Musgrave accepts the responsibility > to apply patch now If there's serious issues he'll rewind it > tomorrow. Thursday we can do a final check and possibly call for the > release Ahoy! > > Release builders are available end this week too? Please check in :) > > -Ton- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > > On 10 Jul, 2010, at 17:37, Ton Roosendaal wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> According to the commits, the last of the missing beta targets is now >> in svn (install paths). That means we can get ready for an official >> beta release. With beta as in "feature complete, not yet stable". :) >> >> We will need to do some documentation efforts on precisely defining >> what 'feature complete' is though, some 2.5 targets have been >> postponed, some are still limited. Nevertheless, we've made great >> progress, and having a reference build out for bug reports and >> feedback is only important now. >> >> This will be a topic on tomorrow's sunday meeting, also to check if >> there's showstoppers. >> >> For planning I'd propose to svn tag wednesday, do the traditional last >> commit(s), and we'll release it friday or saturday. In the meantime we >> need to work on: >> >> - nice release log >> - splash (durian team) >> - docs about where 2.5 bottlenecks are still, what works and what's in >> development... >> - update doc on roadmap, what will happen 2nd half of this year >> >> I need have to keep a bit space in our planning because of Durian >> (last week of work here, pre-premiere in 8 days), because of the >> horrible heat (30 degrees outside, 30 computers inside), and of course >> the football match final tomorrow evening! :) >> >> Laters, >> >> -Ton- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org >> www.blender.org >> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The >> Netherlands >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers