On 2013-1-4 06:09 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > The disadvantage is that you get a package that is not a single file. Single > files can be downloaded easily from web servers, while older bundle-style > packages are actually directories which have to be zipped or put on a disk > image to be distribute that way.
Not having to use an enclosing dmg is nice, but the main advantage of flat packages for us is that they can be signed. > Flat single-file packages did not exist until Snow Leopard IIRC; MacPorts > will default to using flat packages on Snow Leopard and newer, and bundle > packages on Leopard and older. They were actually introduced in Leopard, but the tools are slightly lacking there. - Josh _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
