Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl installation, folders

["Larry F. Allen-Tonar" <larryat@cts.com>]

Matthias,

I tried to use the  Quicktime-4 installer, and, since I don't have
the most reliable modem-ISP connection,
I was unsuccessful -- the connection kept dropping, and the installer
seemed to lose track of what it was doing.
So -- I'm still running QuickTime-3.

I think a 'fat' MacPerl is still a good idea, as there is at least one
local network with both 68K and PPC machines on it.

Putting the add-on's in a subdirectory is a good idea as long as the user
could control which version of MacPerl he got (big static 68K vs CMF68K),
or the perl checked for an active CMF68K automagically.

At 11:07 PM +0200 10/26/99, Matthias Neeracher wrote:
>In article <v04210109b43b55dc82dc@[171.10.10.117]>, Chris Nandor
><pudge@pobox.com> writes:
>> At 17.33 -0500 1999.10.25, Matthew Langford wrote:
>>> In a future download site, can we separate the MPW
>>> and standalone MacPerls into separate directories?  This would eliminate
>>> some confusion.  I suspect there may not be a 68K next version, but maybe
>>> I'm wrong.  If there is, further subdividing the download directories
>>> would help eliminate confusion even further:
>
>Another possibility would be to put the core distribution in the top
>level, and
>have an add-ons directory for the rest.
>
>> Actually, I am in favor of one big installer for everything, that figures
>> out which is the best version to install, and does it.  And you can go to
>> Custom Install to select the MPW tool.  Yes, it would be a bigger download,
>> but most people have fat pipes these days.
                        ^^^^^^^^^ but not necessarily reliable

>Mindvision ... also have an extremely sophisticated high end
>product which can do QuickTime 4-like internet installs (You download a small
>installer, specify what you want, and the installer gets the pieces).
                                   Satan, get thee hence from me!  ;}


>I'm currently opposed to separating 68K and PPC installs, because in my
>(somewhat dated) administration experience, it was really convenient to have a
>single installer from which to install 68K, PPC, and fat, as appropriate
>(plus,
>if you want to make fat standalones, you need a fat application.
Yup. Yup. Yup.

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