> On 13 Aug 2018, at 05:29, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018, 16:23 Carl Mosca, <[email protected]> wrote:.
>
>> I have not looked at pack2000, at least not lately. I will check it out.
>>
>
> Hasn't pack200 just been deprecated!?
>
> Out of interest is there a preference / benefit for mac users to have the
> app bundle in a dmg and not just zipped up? That would still be an
> improvement.
It’s about the standard user experience. Having a dmg the instance comes with a
manifest that tells what files go to the /Applications folder and what goes to
the ~/Library/Aplication Support folder. The finder (similar to windows
explorer) window can be customised richly in the dmg to show the user they
should drag the icon to applications, many have a symlink to applications.
From this though the launch process on macOS need to know the executable. All
applications while may have many supporting files from the users perspective
show as a single icon, this provides support for the doc, commander and
shortcuts.
> Also reminds me of giving a test version of an RCP app to a Windows user
> who tried to run it from inside the zip. Tries to start but doesn't get
> very far. Any way for the mac app bundle launcher to know it's running from
> a dmg and behave differently (eg. trigger extraction)?
Maybe, but it’s not practice to do so. I am doubtful this is what was happening
though, I certainly don’t remember seeing this. Back in 2004 I really don’t
remember us mac users having an nb installer and am pretty sure we were using a
zip.
If the dmg is customised to highlight they should copy, that would be enough.
> Best wishes,
>
> Neil
>
>>
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