Re: Installer lobotomized in 6.0.4

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From: Paul Jacoby
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 23:45

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Actually, I hadn't thought of the angles you cover in your previous post
(multiple system folders, fonts and etc).  My first impression, after creating
a startup flopppy on my single drive SE/30, was "Wow!  Only 11 disk swaps. 
Much better than the 350+ that it took on a one drive SE under 6.0.3!"
  Kudos to Apple on that one.  I'd be interested to hear the reasons behind
the issues mentioned by Mark though:

>>
it installs all of the fonts and desk accessories that come with the system
update, whether you want them or not

it seems to look for a folder called "System Folder," and if there isn't, it
CREATES one

Also, keep in mind that Inside Macintosh tells programmers NOT to assume that
names of files and folders will stay the same, because the Mac interface lets
users customize their desktop.
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