Re: Why is pgadmin3 distributet as a .pkg? - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: Why is pgadmin3 distributet as a .pkg?
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Msg-id 45A4A3C9.5020104@postgresql.org
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In response to Why is pgadmin3 distributet as a .pkg?  ("Florian G. Pflug" <fgp@phlo.org>)
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Florian G. Pflug wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just noticed that the official builds of pgadmin3 for OSX
> are distributed as a .pkg. Since this package only installs
> a single Folder (pgAdmin3.app) into /Applications, I believe
> that distribution as a .pkg creates more trouble for a user
> than a plain zip/bz2/dmg containing pgAdmin3.app
>
> Additionally, most OSX Applications that don't include device
> drivers or such, are distributed as a dmg including the app, and
> not as a .pkg (e.g. Firefox, Thunderbird, ...)
>
> I could contribute some script that automatically builds a
> dmg if there is interest in that.

Sure, please do.

Regards, Dave

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