> On 29 Aug 2015, at 05:11, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Stephan Eggermont <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 28-08-15 11:00, Marcus Denker wrote:
>>
>>>> 3. For a "portable" app (e.g. on USB stick) push the app down one
>>>> folder, so rather than putting the Win/Lin executables inside the OSX
>>>> app, the top level folder contains folders Windows, Linux, Common, and
>>>> the app.
>>>
>>>
>>> No, I would retire that concept. (I know some people love it, but I think
>>> it does
>>> not fit into days world where the OS installs Apps).
>>
>>
>> I strongly disagree. It is very useful to be able to carry a complete
>> environment with me that is useable wherever I am. We will run into a lot
>> less problems with it once we move to 64 bit.
>>
>
> Two cases benefit from a portable app:
>
People who want it can put work into it. I will not. I want installers for
Windows,
Mac and Linux, with the scheme that I described.
Marcus
