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>>>>> "gad" == Garance A. Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> writes:

gad> What else would you want to see?

Sometimes I actually look at file contents. But this thread has gone too
far off, and it's my fault for using the word "hate" carelessly when I
really meant to express a preference. Let me say what I should have said
in the first place:

For examining and installing software I obtain from the net, I *prefer*
Opener.app to Installer.app. Installer has some advantages, particularly
with complicated installs (e.g., TeX) , but most stuff from the net is
not that complicated---just drag the app into the proper folder and
that's it---and Opener has its own advantages. It's a trade-off like
anything else in life; your mileage may vary. IMHO, unless you're using
some fancy GUI ftp tool that automatically untars files, the .pkg
doesn't buy you much---you still have to get the file and untar it into
a .pkg before you can double click to invoke Installer---but what the
heck, it doesn't hurt.

There you are. "prefer A" sounds better than "hate B". I'll be more
careful the next time. And I can get inside the .pkg to find the .tar.Z
or .zip I prefer, so the .pkg doesn't keep me from getting my way. Maybe
I'd be happier if that Receipts problem were solved, but it's really no
big deal.

And I could not live without Opener.app. That happy note bears
repeating. :-)

--
erik sowa (sowa@amdew.llnl.gov)