David C Thompson wrote:
I still like having a version numbered folder for CMake.
It would be:
/Applications/CMake 2.6.0/CMake.app
/Applications/CMake 2.6.1/CMake.app
I don't want to beat a horse that's already down for the count, but I'm
curious why having an executable with the version number in its name
(e.g., /Applications/CMake 2.6.app ) is a bad idea; having folders
in /Applications is un-Mac-like, especially when there will only be a
But, I do see commercial applications like quicken using the same
strategy.
single thing inside the folder. Furthermore, if an application bundle is
set up properly, it will still work should the user rename the folder --
for instance changing /Applications/CMake.app
to /Applications/CMake-old.app should be OK. If CMake supports renaming
the application bundle then you could even distribute it
as /Applications/CMake.app and let users rename if they want multiple
installed versions. Is CMake just not there yet?
If you rename it, then the symlinks for the command line will be no good
anymore, other than that it works just fine with a rename.
-Bill
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