Re: installers (was: mozilla extensions)

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On 30/03/2005 at 14:52 -0600, Peter da Silva wrote:
>That brings me to the next bitch, installers. If we had properly designed
>systems the only time you'd EVER need an installer is to replace core OS
>components. OS X isn't quite that good, but it's close, SO WHY DO PEOPLE
>STILL WRITE INSTALLERS? ARE THEY STUPID?

At least if you have to use an installer, use the one built into the 
system, not a crappy one from the 90s that's been half-heartedly 
Carbonized (what a horrible word that is) and which doesn't allow you 
to see what's going on (since at least with a .pkg Pacifist or unpkg 
let you see if it's really necessary to have files dumped over your 
system).

Ooh, especially if you mess up the top level of the drive with 
pointless logs (hey! look! there's a log folder hidden in the user 
folder! Try putting things there instead!)

http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/log.html

-- 
:: paul
:: historic light cone

• peter (Peter da Silva) 21:52 on 30 Mar 2005
  • Michael G Schwern 22:11 on 30 Mar 2005
  • Re: installers (was: mozilla extensions) Paul Mison 12:19 on 31 Mar 2005
    • peter (Peter da Silva) 17:06 on 31 Mar 2005
  • Re: mozilla extensions Chris Devers 14:07 on 31 Mar 2005
    • peter (Peter da Silva) 17:14 on 31 Mar 2005
      • too deep to show
    • Earle Martin 21:02 on 01 Apr 2005
      • too deep to show

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