On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Adam Mercer wrote:

> Looks like you used the wrong installer for your platform. Make sure
> you download the correct installer.

Why is this possible? Is Apple's packagemaker tool used for creating the 
MacPorts installer?  My very limited experience in using it, I seem to recall 
you can set a target for what systems will or will not accept the installer.  
Would this not be a good change to make to the installer, making it impossible 
to install the wrong version on the wrong system?

Is it possible to make just one installer, an installer that is smart enough to 
know which bits to use depending on the platform you are trying to install on?  
It has always been a bit of a pain to locate the downloads page, figure out 
which one to install etc.  A very minor bit of a pain, but one that I am pretty 
sure could be solved.  This would bump up file size and download times, which 
may be the issue right there, if there is some limitation in bandwidth and how 
much it costs the project.

Is there any interest in this?  Should I perhaps open a ticket?
-- 
Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * 

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