Re: [Bitpim-devel] Startup script for BitPim on Macs

[Michael C. <ma...@ca...>]

On 3/15/04, Tom Pollard posited:

>
>On Mar 15, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Steven Palm wrote:
>>
>>An optional install, yes, but one that is marked by default on every
>>installation. So, unless a user intentionally goes out of their way
>>when doing the install or upgrade to make it NOT install, it will be
>>there.
>
>If it's optional, it's optional.  Running ordinary apps under MacOS X
>doesn't require its presence.  My understanding is that it's mainly
>there to support Terminal users and Unix geeks.  If it was my
>company's product, I'd insist on taking this simple step to make sure
>my app ran on a minimal install of the OS.

Ah, if only more 'software professionals' were this professional about
their work! Back when I had a software company, I could have used as
many of you as I could get!

>I didn't realize that.  I'd also be disinclined to muck with
>bundlebuilder.py unless there was some stronger reason than this.
>Maybe if the issue comes up again I'll lobby the bundlebuilder
>maintainer to accept this change.  Just on technical grounds, it seems

Dang, where were you when I was hiring? Probably still in grade school
;-)
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Mike Casteel
ma...@ca...                   Seattle, WA