On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Richard Johnson < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 05:20:47PM -0500, Christopher Forsythe wrote: > > The benefit for us using sparkle is that we can just use their framework > > with little to no modification on our end. > > > > In other words, request this of sparkle. > > Sparkle is great for users that have admin privileges, or for those who > do not need to archive installers for off-line reinstallation, etc. > > Most of the Macs I maintain for staff and family do not have admin rights > on the user accounts, and the users do not have su rights to an admin > account. Further, some are on dialup, so updates are done via delivery of > a monthly archive DVD containing new version installers. > > Please always continue to provide current version Growl installers in disk > images or archives via your web site (ideally with the file name indicating > the version of Growl contained). Using Sparkle is great, but it will kill > installability and upgrades on many machines if it's the only option. > > How do you expect users to get Growl if they don't have the previous version? This is kind of a silly request. No application I know of that uses Sparkle does not also have a download of the current version from the website. 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.
