On 20020107.2244, Chris Nandor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you've downloaded MacPerl 5.6.1b2 already, you can use the installer >you already have (either the full or web, both will work). You don't need >to download a new one. Ask the installer to "Update" to get the new >data when it says it is ready to install. The installer will download the >new catalog and restart itself. Then it will download only the pieces it >doesn't already have. So it won't re-download all the module files that >haven't changed, only the application and other support files that have >been modified. > >Neat, huh?
I'm impressed - this is the way installs/updates _should_ be. Not only does the updater happily do its thing in the background (without forcing you to quit all applications like Software Update), but it looks like it adds all the extra files to itself, so you don't end up with stacks of small files - just the single installer/updater. On top of that, it doesn't do anything silly during the install process, so you can happily reuse the installer, move it across partitions and to different machines, update installs there, move it back, and so-one. Very impressed. Kudos to the folks at MindVision for building such a fab product and making a Shareware Developer version available, and kudos to Chris for choosing it for MacPerl! Henry.
