Ah - cool.
There are some things I like about this, and somethings which I would consider changing (IMHO).
Pros
- "Always" Up-to-date (which is really, mostly, always)...much nicer than have a script on a server continuously generate packages
- Simplicity (big for me)
Cons
- Need to be online during installation (some folks download packages and then run, or are not constantly connected)
- Not a typical installation package (which, as an IT guy, drives me just a little crazy)
- No continuous feedback (though probably easily solved if using cocoa API's like NSURL), like with a simple progress bar
Questions
- Is connectivity checked before attempting the download?
- Is the download file md5 hash checked before download?
- Are there alternate links in case the primary download URLs fail?
- Is there a "Cancel" button?
- Are we using API's such as NSURL, or running NSTask?
In the past, I create packages (using packagemaker) which contained a new feature (Package References) - so the package would download components remotely during the install process. We found this confused the users and frustrated support staff. I thought it was cool, and basically the future...since we're rapidly heading to a space where everything is connected, always. I suppose we're not quite there yet since every client and business, save a few enterprise groups, that told me to change it back).
I'm really interested in what everyone else thinks here....should we shelve the turnkey in favor of something like this?
Not wanting to devote time to spend on yet another installation solution...we already have a few now, and I think we need to choose one (maybe two) which will be the future "newbie" installer....need to get rid of the confusion there.
Thanks,
jeremy
On Oct 9, 2010, at 10:55 PM, David LeBer wrote:
> Based on Mike's wolips install script:
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> <http://gist.github.com/610081>
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> I whipped up a thin cocoa wrapper for the command line challenged in our ranks.
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> Demo here:
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> <https://files.me.com/dav1d/wxajka.mov>
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> Let me know if you are interested in testing it.
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> ;david
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