on 2008-09-09 4:16 PM, David Melgar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (quoting an earlier poster, I think):
>> 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),... The poster didn't say why he assumes the Software Delivery Guide to be more authoritative. The only evidence I'm aware of is that the Software Delivery Guide was last updated over two years ago, in July 2006, before Leopard was released. The PackageMaker User Guide is a year newer, and it states that it applies to Leopard. On that evidence, I'm more inclined to think the PackageMaker User Guide is authoritative with respect to Leopard. Speaking only for myself, I am less enamoured of drag-install than I was originally, given all the stories about newcomers to the platform failing to understand how it works. The relatively recent fad of putting an Application folder symlink next to the application icon in the DMG window is a popular attempt to grapple with this problem, but in my personal view it only increases the confusion. Apple has given vague hints that installers will bring greater benefits in the future. I don't know what those benefits might be, but I'm guessing that improved security might be one of them. I discovered a year ago that an application implementing a certain security-related feature of the system cannot use an embedded framework, for security reasons. (Specifically, an application that uses the AXMakeProcessTrusted function from the accessibility API, which requires user authentication, can't use embedded frameworks. I confirmed this with Apple engineers at the time.) Thus, such an application cannot be drag-installed, because it is necessary to install the framework in an external location, such as /Library/Frameworks. It is therefore necessary to use an installer to install it correctly. Scenarios like this may be the wave of the future. -- Bill Cheeseman - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA www.quecheesoftware.com PreFab Software - www.prefabsoftware.com _______________________________________________ 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]
