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[Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Oct 2, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Of course, we could switch back to some package manager like home-brew or MacPorts on OS X, but you would lose the ability to just download and run an app bundle (everyone would have to “build” his own version - even if it is just a pre-built download). This is not very Apple-like (but again, that’s probably only a matter of taste).

I would like to be the voice of MANY Mac users who don’t want to deal with a package manger (homebrew, MacPorts, whatever).  The ideal distribution format is a disk image from which the user drags the executable to any location. The next-to-ideal format is a standard OS X installer package.

-a