On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 10:29 AM, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
Frankly, because if you want a GUI solution, you should conform to the way the GUI works. Creating something which is only "sorta like other Mac apps" isn't good enough. You shouldn't expect others to work around your decisions. Your decisions should work around them. After all, this is all being done for the benefit of the end user, right?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.
Basically, to me, it boils down to: "If the app could be moved without Fink being involved, then you should do whatever it takes to allow it to be moved WITH Fink involved."
-Jared
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