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[Gordon Tyler <gordon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Guillermo Gonzalez wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Gordon Tyler <gordon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Why is a large download acceptable for an app bundle but not a installer
>> package?
> good question! :)
> in the case of the bundle, it should only include QtCore and QtGui
> libs (probably the image plugins too).
> 
> But in the case of the installer, I think it's a bad idea to install a
> broken Qt installation system wide :-)

Ah, I see. The bundle would have only the libs needed for the app
sequestered away inside the bundle, making it smaller and isolated from
affecting other apps. Gotcha.

Ciao,
Gordon