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Bug 115566 - Uninstaller in wrong place
Summary: Uninstaller in wrong place
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: NBI (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P2 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@installer
URL:
Keywords:
: 55191 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2007-09-14 15:10 UTC by santafen
Modified: 2009-02-20 18:02 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description santafen 2007-09-14 15:10:18 UTC
Under no circumstances should the Uninstaller be left hidden within the Package Contents. This is against Apple UI Specs, and is completly counter-intuitive. 
Since the installer throws an exception, or at least complains, when installation is attempted if UNinstallation occured by simply removing the Application (as 
mos Mac Apps are removed), the uninstaller MUST be placed somewhere else.
Comment 1 dlipin 2007-09-14 15:16:13 UTC
where it should be placed? where do you expect it to be located at?

According to Apple UI spec there is no uninstallers at all :)
Comment 2 santafen 2007-09-14 15:19:56 UTC
Then it should not be *required*, or it should be a menu option, or ... I don't know, but hiding it in the Application Package directory is definitely wrong. NO 
Mac user will go looking in there for it. EVER.
Comment 3 dlipin 2007-09-14 15:22:57 UTC
Yea. Mac user will just move it to trash :)
Comment 4 Mikhail Kondratyev 2007-09-17 08:09:52 UTC
As far as I know we don't have Mac uninstaller at all (for native Mac installer used in beta 1). 

Shura, Santafen could you clarify please?
Comment 5 dlipin 2007-09-25 11:53:33 UTC
mikk,
yes, we don`t have uninstaller for mac native installer.
but we still have it for NBI installers :)
Comment 6 dlipin 2007-09-27 08:36:41 UTC
*** Issue 55191 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 7 dlipin 2007-10-08 10:18:24 UTC
marked with NO60 keyword since for 6.0 native mac installers are used.
Comment 8 dlipin 2007-12-12 14:37:41 UTC
One of the possible solutions is to use Automator functionality for that purposes : create new workflow named 
"Uninstall", put in the installation folder so that uninstallation process can be run via the following sequence:
- Right click on the folder -> Automator -> Uninstall <product name>

Now clear whether it is possible to store the workflow date in the installation folder (so that it would be visible in 
Automator menu) and whether it is possible to programmatically create that workflow.

The other area for investigation is the Folder Actions.
Comment 9 Marian Mirilovic 2009-02-20 18:02:51 UTC
update no67 keyword