On 2012-3-30 09:59 , Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Joshua Root <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> So my conclusion is that we should create a Distribution file and run
>> productbuild after generating an intermediate flat package, but only on
>> 10.6+.
> 
> Seems reasonable.  Given that Apple is also about to ship 10.8, one has to 
> wonder just how much future 10.5- has for, well, anyone.   Yes, there are all 
> of those PPC machines still out there (I gave away my Dual G5 years ago and 
> apparently it's still working and providing good service to the recipient) 
> but, ultimately, they're on death row and probably surviving mostly for 
> dedicated tasks for which macports is not necessarily a component in any case.
> 
> In other words, I'd make the Distribution file creation item the default and 
> simply disable it when not detected in /usr/bin on the old machines but not 
> go out of your way to make those "less capable flat packages" necessarily 
> useful for anything.  People can still, on Leopard and before, build stuff 
> from source and I think that's more than good enough.

Sure. I'm just going to make package.flat default to 'no' on 10.5-.

- Josh
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