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
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