[Bf-committers] Blender on the Mac App Store

[Mathias Panzenböck]

On 07/21/2011 10:48 PM, Alexandr Kuznetsov wrote:
> I don't understand the purpose of Mac App Store. You can simply download
> .zip from the web and drag it on desktop. What can be simpler?

You could basically say the same about your favourite Linuxs package manager. Although I do not know 
if the App Store really provides all the features of a full blown package manager. I use Linux.

> On the other
> hand you need to get in iOS App Store to be on iPhone. There absolutely no
> reason why we must or want to be in Mac App Store. Mac App Store probably
> inherited long and tedieous review proccess. And even if Blender can pass
> it, there will be literally weeks of delay before updates. Look at Ubuntu
> Software Center. Blender is 2.49 there.

Yeah, probably it would only be for publicity and would have no real use for blender users.

	-panzi