[Pythonmac-SIG] Doing it differently: Module management / installation

[Mark Day]

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On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 09:50  AM, Chris Barker wrote:

> Bill Bumgarner wrote:
>> On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 12:24 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>> Bill Bumgarner wrote:
>>>> In general, there should be no requirement that anything be  
>>>> installed
>>>> in /Applications.   /Applications is Apple's domain and third  
>>>> parties
>>>> shouldn't touch it
>>> Huh? then where in the world SHOULD third party applications be
>>> installed???? Apple doesn't seem to have provided an equivalent of  
>>> /usr
>>> vs. /usr/local for non-unixy applications.
>>
>> ~/Applications -- create an Applications directory hanging off your
>> home account.
>>
>> That Apple didn't do this was a glaringly stupid oversight.   It  
>> should
>> be a part of the standard Account template.
>
> Agreed. however, that still begs the question as to where administrator
> installed non-apple applications should go. Your first comment implied
> that they shouldn't go in /Applications. On the unix side, this stuff
> should go in /usr/local/*

Quoting from the Mac OS X System Overview:
<http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/SystemOverview/ 
FileSystem/index.html>

Administrators of a computer can install resources into the local  
domain if they want those resources to be shared by all users of the  
system. Apple ships its applications in the /Applications and  
/Applications/Utilities directories. Third party applications and  
utilities should also be placed in these directories.

-Mark

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On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 09:50  AM, Chris Barker wrote:


<excerpt>Bill Bumgarner wrote:

<excerpt>On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 12:24 PM, Chris Barker
wrote:

<excerpt>Bill Bumgarner wrote:

<excerpt>In general, there should be no requirement that anything be
installed

in /Applications.   /Applications is Apple's domain and third parties

shouldn't touch it

</excerpt>Huh? then where in the world SHOULD third party applications
be

installed???? Apple doesn't seem to have provided an equivalent of /usr

vs. /usr/local for non-unixy applications.

</excerpt>

~/Applications -- create an Applications directory hanging off your

home account.


That Apple didn't do this was a glaringly stupid oversight.   It should

be a part of the standard Account template.

</excerpt>

Agreed. however, that still begs the question as to where administrator

installed non-apple applications should go. Your first comment implied

that they shouldn't go in /Applications. On the unix side, this stuff

should go in /usr/local/*

</excerpt>

Quoting from the Mac OS X System Overview:

<<http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/SystemOverview/FileSystem/index.html>


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of a computer can install resources into the local domain if they want
those resources to be shared by all users of the system. Apple ships
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and
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directories. Third party applications and utilities should also be
placed in these directories.

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-Mark


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