[Adium-devl] The disk image

[Joshua Lock]

On 9 Nov 2006, at 20:39, Augie Fackler wrote:
> [sorry about the double-send Peter, we should really set reply-to:  
> on this maillist....]
Darn; me too! Seconded!
> On Nov 9, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Peter Hosey wrote:
>
>>> <snip>
>>> You could of course just set the "internet-enabled" bit on a .dmg  
>>> if it contains only one file (just the App, no documentation  
>>> etc.). Then Safari takes care of downloading, expanding and  
>>> deleting the .dmg, the user ends up with the application on the  
>>> desktop.
>>
>> I hadn't really thought of the just-one-file thing before.
>>
>> Currently, we have ten tons of crap in our makefile for  
>> positioning the icon Just So, and setting a background, and adding  
>> a symlink to /Applications, blah blah blah. We could eliminate all  
>> of that, replacing it with:
>>
>> 	hdiutil internet-enable Adium.dmg
>>
>> Then, as the commenter notes, Safari would expand the only item  
>> (Adium.app) to the desktop, then auto-Trash the dmg. Result: Adium  
>> on the user's desktop, ready for him to install anywhere he wants  
>> it. No muss, no fuss, for 90% of users (I know I want to keep the  
>> dmg, but I doubt I'm in the majority).

Would it not be possible to have the internet-enabled DMG at the root  
of AdiumX.com and then have a download page (on Trac?) with a DMG  
minus the internet-enabled bit?

> Honestly, I like the dmg, but internet-enabling it might be nice  
> for the majority of our users. I can run this by my panel of non- 
> advanced users (IE: make one of each kind of dmg, see which they  
> prefer) if y'all would like.

I'm with you, personally I'd rather keep the DMG. Would it not be  
possible to have the internet-enabled DMG at the root of AdiumX.com  
and then have a download page (on Trac?) with a DMG minus the  
internet-enabled bit?

- J
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Joshua Lock
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