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Author:  Boris [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: macOS-like application packages
Once my OS can handle it, I will opt for a Portage lookalike system
Author:  iansjack [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: macOS-like application packages
Boris wrote:
Once my OS can handle it, I will opt for a Portage lookalike system

I think you mean a Ports lookalike system. ;)
Author:  dozniak [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 7:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: macOS-like application packages
iansjack wrote:
Boris wrote:
Once my OS can handle it, I will opt for a Portage lookalike system

I think you mean a Ports lookalike system. ;)


He means Ports-written-in-Python lookalike.
Author:  osdever [ Tue Jan 24, 2017 7:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: macOS-like application packages
onlyonemac wrote:
osdeverr wrote:
This is why they will be .tar's in my OS.
What about when there's a .tar that gets misinterpreted as an "application package"?

They will be tested for validity.
Author:  trolly [ Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: macOS-like application packages
you can store the applications binaries and resources in a single directory.

and if you want to bundle it to send it over the network, instead of create an archive, create a ramdisk image to store the inside it (like the dmg files in classic macos), you can use a regular file system, or implement a new one specialy for it

the user could else: mount the ramdisk in a folder in /apps (by example)
or mount the ramdisk somewhere else, then copy the contents a folder in /apps
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