On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Richard Johnson < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 04:37:05PM -0500, Christopher Forsythe wrote: > > Folks, > > > > We're working towards Growl 1.3. 10.7 is going to change things for us, > and > > as such here are the changes coming down the pipe: > > > > 1) Growl is going to be put into the Mac App Store. There are multiple > > reasons for this: > > The Mac App Store is perfect for individuals who are allowed to and want to > create an Apple ID for using it and who have direct admin account access. > > However, for those of us who manage enterprise and remote installations > (scientific field projects, rural schools), going solely with the store is > a problem. We very often won't have users on site with admin privs, or the > ability/legal authority to sign up with the Mac App Store. > > Even Apple is backing down on the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion distribution being > solely via the Mac App Store. They've been forced to offer enterprise- > grade downloadable installers, for use off-line. > > Chris, I deeply respect that you're developing Growl. You should take it > in a direction that you feel necessary, supportable, and useful. I find it > useful, personally, as is and with the planned distribution and updating > via the Mac App Store. > > I'd just like to plead as well for keeping Growl available and useful for > the current users who don't match your particular use case. This means > some ability to install Growl without direct Mac App Store access, even if > the installer is downloaded from the Mac App Store before being distributed > via puppet or the like. If this can't be done, then that will end Growl > support for such systems. You may consider the Growl developer support > benefits of losing that user base to be a good trade-off, but I would > consider it a loss. > > Thanks for at least considering the need. > > My understanding is that you can "buy" once and then copy wherever you want. Chris > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
