On Sunday, Jan 12, 2003, at 11:22 US/Eastern, Ben Hines wrote:
Why is everyone hung up on MOVING the stupid apps???? Fink does *not* need to support moving of the apps. If the user wants to 'move' the apps, they can create copies or links. Done deal.On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 08:03 AM, Jared wrote:Using aliases is not Mac-like. Giving users the illusion of moving their apps isn't good enough. Besides, at this point, anyone using Fink isn't going to be stopped by having the item in a hidden directory. (Right-click > Show Original ends that search).Using "shortcuts" is not mac-like. Aliases are much more powerful and were invented by Apple, couldnt get more mac-like. :)
If we want to support moving apps, we have no choice. Fink is based on dpkg which requires its files stay in one place.
Moving apps is only 'mac like' if the mac is single-user and the user is fully in control. That is no longer the case. Macs are *always* multiple user.
Macs in network environments have *always* allowed apps to be installed in a fixed location that the user could not move the apps.
Even standalone macs have long supported apps in fixed locations that cannot be moved; the simple finder type features and the like.
b.bum
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