On 25/4/06 20:25, Karl Moskowski wrote:
On a somewhat related note, I'd always wondered why the EO model and WO component bundles had a flat structure - they didn't have the usual single Contents/ directory containing the actual files. Instead, they just had a bunch of files at the first level of the folder. Recently, it occurred to me that this was for the benefit of developers on Windows - they can't just double click on the folder to open the model or component. They have to drill down a bit and double-click on the right file - this saves a level of drilling.
No, as I recall it's for 'hysterical raisins'. NeXT (and hence, WO) never had the redundant Contents/ folder, but for some reason involving Mac OS 9 somehow (I think the foo.app/Contents/MacOSClassic/foo hierarchy) it got inserted into bundles for Mac OS X. WebObjects didn't have to support classic Mac OS, but was still supporting NeXTSTEP presumably for a while...law of least action meant those bundles didn't change.
That's my understanding, anyhoo. -- Graham Lee UNIX Systems Manager, Oxford Physics Practical Course http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wadh1342 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to archive@mail-archive.com
