[Qgis-developer] Re: Mac app bundling - all-in-one

[John C. Tull]

Thanks William,

It sounds like you have some good checks in place with the installer. With that worked out, I agree that there is not a lot of value in creating another build for you to manage and host.

Regards,
John

On Feb 10, 2012, at 5:24 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> I didn't check back on this after I saw it added to MacUpdate, and strangely I don't recall seeing updates listed (I check daily).
> 
> For all the complaints about the requirements missing from the readme - bogus, they are there.  And starting with 1.7.1, an installer is used that will not install without the frameworks.
> 
> But, for the all-in-one, a bug affecting this was only recently fixed, and I've been too busy to work out the packaging details.  I got a start, but it's a complex thing to do.
> 
> And you lose GRASS support in the all-in-one.  Once you need GRASS support (when the GRASS provider bug is finally fixed), you're back to installing the frameworks.
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> On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:07 AM, John C. Tull wrote:
> 
>> Hi William,
>> 
>> I was looking at comments on QGIS at macupdate:
>> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/25428/quantum-gis
>> 
>> Unfortunately, there are some negative reviews that seem to be tied to inexperienced users not following install directions. Considering that the installation of frameworks is likely unfamiliar for most casual users of OSX, I wondered if it would be possible to provide the all-in-one bundled application like you used to do? Having a unified application with frameworks bundled, although quite massive, would alleviate the most likely cause for failure on new installs being reported in the comments.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> John
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