Re: Bugzilla: are any Installer bugs relevant to OS X?

This is a shame. I've been working on using XPInstall as a standalone 
installer for my cross platform application (not netscape or browser 
related) and I have to say it's awesome, at least the Windows version. 
The Mac version is not up to snuff but is still useful.

I assume that development will not continue because the OSX paradigm of
installation is to simply drag a folder over. But that's too complicated 
for many users who need to update only certain components of an 
application (which happens frequently with my app). For example, in my 
installer I install a complete copy of XPInstall as well, and have an 
install option called "update"; which downloads an xpi package 
containing all the files that have updated since the last major version. 
To update their application, all they have to do in double click on 
XPInstall, select the update option and go. They don't have to visit my 
web site, locate links, do a download, figure out where they downloaded
the file to, figure out how to unzip/unstuff/unbin/un-whatever, locate 
the installed software, move files, etc. XPInstall makes it brainless 
for them (and some of them need that).  I've even included a component 
that just updates the XPInstall config files, so if a new option in the 
installer is really needed they can update that, without having to do 
anything manually.

I realize that this may not be an issue for Mozilla/Netscape. I'm 
considering sponsoring/organizing/managing/recruiting for a fork, since 
it's an open source license. I don't do c++ myself. Any advice for 
finding like minded people?

Thanks

Rob

Steve Dagley wrote:
> Frank Nospam wrote:
> 
>> If Mach-O gets an installer app some day, would it share any code
>>  with the old Classic installer?
>>
>> There are dozens of open bug reports involving problems with the
>>  Mozilla installer for Mac. Given that all OS X builds (both CFM
>>  and Mach-O) are sent as standalone applications inside .dmg,
>>  should the bugs be RESOLVED WONTFIX?
> 
> 
> Yes, Mac installer bugs are WONTFIX fodder.  The Mac installer code was 
> never Carbonized and there is no intention to ever change that.
>