On 29 Aug 2015, at 05:11, Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Stephan Eggermont <stephan@stack.nl> wrote:
On 28-08-15 11:00, Marcus Denker wrote:
3. For a "portable" app (e.g. on USB stick) push the app down one folder, so rather than putting the Win/Lin executables inside the OSX app, the top level folder contains folders Windows, Linux, Common, and the app.
No, I would retire that concept. (I know some people love it, but I think it does not fit into days world where the OS installs Apps).
I strongly disagree. It is very useful to be able to carry a complete environment with me that is useable wherever I am. We will run into a lot less problems with it once we move to 64 bit.
Two cases benefit from a portable app:
People who want it can put work into it. I will not. I want installers for Windows, Mac and Linux, with the scheme that I described. Marcus