> On 13 Aug 2018, at 19:22, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 01:59, Tim Boudreau <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> That's not a great user experience for Mac OSX users - it kind of
>> telegraphs "we don't actually care about Mac OSX users".
>>
>
> I admit to using my mac as little as possible for testing purposes,
> but I really don't get why a zipped up application bundle is seen as
> unfriendly for macOS users?
Power users aside, it’s unfriendly for users of any OS. My test team team are a
good example of people that want a one click setup, my devs just want to
develop without needing to fiddle with a tool chain. And; we work with hadoop,
we know pain.
> I'm inclined towards the views expressed
> in https://daringfireball.net/2009/09/how_should_mac_apps_be_distributed
> Maybe I'm biased by my love of RiscOS, but isn't the whole point of a
> self-contained application bundle that you just drag it where you want
> it? I do understand why the current zip download isn't optimal for
> any OS yet.
>
>
>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 06:18, Ryan Cuprak <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> With the Mac installer, is the plan to include OpenJDK so that the IDE runs
>> without any additional setup work?
>
> I think this would require a change in Apache policy towards
> distribution of system dependencies? Something I really hope we see
> in a world moving away from centralized JDKs!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Neil
>
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