Antoine has provided a disk image that uses the Apple Installer for all the components of Marinetti 3.0b11.
Marinetti 3.0 b1 used Richard's own Install Magic utility.
Should the Apple Installer replace the use of Install Magic?
I have asked Antoine to provide more information on the process for using the Apple Installer and to provide any relevant scripts.
I would like to understand if there is any feature of InstallMagic being used by the Marinetti installation that is not able to be provided by the Apple Installer.
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The two scripts are available in the /Marinetti/Scripts/ folder. The advantage of such scripts is that you can install Marinetti and its updates in a click. The old way (which is powerful as well) installs an old version of Marinetti and requires the user to perform additional tasks that my installer scripts provide automagically.
I have no issue switching over to an Apple Installer, assuming there are no licensing issues, it is simple to update, and if it is easier (or just as easy) to install over the Install Magic one.
I don’t even remember an Apple Installer being available outside Apple proprietary use, so that’s enlightening and makes me question why I even bothered writing Install Magic.
I have no working emulator* so I can’t check, but does Install Magic not provide an easy one click install? This would seem bad design to me. :-( Or do you mean nobody has built an Install Magic script for the current version of Marinetti?
And on a partly related note Andrew, I should throw in yet again my strong and passionate support for making a Marinetti 3.0 release instead of ongoing beta releases. :-)
Regards,
Richard
Don’t get me started on why we still don’t have a simple working *&^@$&@#$ emulator for the mac in the year 2020.
The two scripts are available in the /Marinetti/Scripts/ folder. The advantage of such scripts is that you can install Marinetti and its updates in a click. The old way (which is powerful as well) installs an old version of Marinetti and requires the user to perform additional tasks that my installer scripts provide automagically.
Status: open
Group: TBD
Created: Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:38 PM UTC by Andrew Roughan
Last Updated: Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:41 PM UTC
Owner: Antoine Vignau
Antoine has provided a disk image that uses the Apple Installer for all the components of Marinetti 3.0b11.
Marinetti 3.0 b1 used Richard's own Install Magic utility.
Should the Apple Installer replace the use of ImageMagic?
Hello Gentlemen,
Instant Magic installs a previous version of Marinetti, then manual copies are required to install the latest components.
There are two options: use Apple's installer or have an updated version of Instant Magic script. I do not mind using one or another. The user does not care as long as s/he has a simple and easy way to install Marinetti. That is why I made the Installer scripts. Instant Magic looks powerful but if a programmer has to deal with resources to create an updated version, I'd rather recommend the Installer version where files are copied onto their destination on a file system (eg system/cdevs/tcpip/)
I do not know the status of the Installer but I have seen it used out of Apple (mainly productivity apps), I'll check if I can find something related to licensing.
I agree with Richard, beta should be removed. Just make a 3.0 version, your updates has proven to be rock solid.
Antoine
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
I have asked Antoine to provide more information on the process for using the Apple Installer and to provide any relevant scripts.
I would like to understand if there is any feature of InstallMagic being used by the Marinetti installation that is not able to be provided by the Apple Installer.
The two scripts are available in the /Marinetti/Scripts/ folder. The advantage of such scripts is that you can install Marinetti and its updates in a click. The old way (which is powerful as well) installs an old version of Marinetti and requires the user to perform additional tasks that my installer scripts provide automagically.
I have no issue switching over to an Apple Installer, assuming there are no licensing issues, it is simple to update, and if it is easier (or just as easy) to install over the Install Magic one.
I don’t even remember an Apple Installer being available outside Apple proprietary use, so that’s enlightening and makes me question why I even bothered writing Install Magic.
I have no working emulator* so I can’t check, but does Install Magic not provide an easy one click install? This would seem bad design to me. :-( Or do you mean nobody has built an Install Magic script for the current version of Marinetti?
And on a partly related note Andrew, I should throw in yet again my strong and passionate support for making a Marinetti 3.0 release instead of ongoing beta releases. :-)
Regards,
Richard
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Hello Gentlemen,
Instant Magic installs a previous version of Marinetti, then manual copies are required to install the latest components.
There are two options: use Apple's installer or have an updated version of Instant Magic script. I do not mind using one or another. The user does not care as long as s/he has a simple and easy way to install Marinetti. That is why I made the Installer scripts. Instant Magic looks powerful but if a programmer has to deal with resources to create an updated version, I'd rather recommend the Installer version where files are copied onto their destination on a file system (eg system/cdevs/tcpip/)
I do not know the status of the Installer but I have seen it used out of Apple (mainly productivity apps), I'll check if I can find something related to licensing.
I agree with Richard, beta should be removed. Just make a 3.0 version, your updates has proven to be rock solid.
Antoine