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- From: sowa@amdew.llnl.gov (Erik C. Sowa)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Getting more space on Sonata.
- Message-ID: <SOWA.93Jan26125227@amdew.llnl.gov>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:52:26 GMT
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- In-reply-to: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu's message of 26 Jan 93 00:55:27 GMT
-
- >>>>> "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)
-