Yes, that is true. If there is still a need for that, then a .pkg is required. Is it still the case though?
Scott > On Aug 12, 2018, at 4:14 PM, Brett Ryan <brett.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not quite. Remember the 8.2 installer did install Glassfish and tomcat for > JEE versions and above. When it did this the servlet container was customised > to match the users preferences. > >> On 11 Aug 2018, at 15:44, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The macOS “installer” should be nothing more than a disk image with the >> application bundle. It should not be a .pkg file that might require admin >> privileges as it would be a drag and drop install. The user should be able >> to drag the app bundle wherever they want. >> >> Scott >> >>> On Aug 10, 2018, at 6:54 PM, Carl Mosca <carljmo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I work in a place where you need admin rights to install on Windows as well >>> but that's a policy. >>> >>> As far as the MacOS goes, it's based on BSD. >>> >>> Therefore if /Applications is owned by root:wheel (or something similar >>> that's not the current user), you need privileges to "su or sudo" in order >>> to complete the installation process. That is to say, the filesystem is >>> requiring the elevated access which in my opinion is a good thing. >>> >>> One could/should be able to install in his/her home directory and not need >>> such access and I have seen apps take that approach as well. >>> >>> Carl >>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:57 PM Will Hartung <willhart...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> For some reason that I don't understand, and perhaps someone could explain, >>>> the installer for MacOS requires Administration privileges. >>>> >>>> Being that it, too, is essentially a "zip file" (it's an application >>>> bundle), I never really understood why it needs admin privs to install. >>>> >>>> Maybe it's some Mac specific thing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
