Hi guys,
First: I've read through the archives and I see there was an extensive discussion over installers in Dec 2001 and Jan 2002. I do not want to re-hash that discussion.
I was just wondering if there was any interest in reverse engineering the pkg format and recreating SoftwareValet and PackageBuilder exactly as they are now.
I used PackageBuilder last night for the first time to create the Microsoft Font Installer (http://www.bebits.com/app/4331) and it took me about 15 minutes. The installer package worked perfectly the first time. So I think it is a pretty slick app. Of course last week I was battling with the NSIS installer on Windows writing its weird PHP/Assembly script language combo, so maybe I'm an unusual case.
I'm willing to do the work on this, but maybe you guys think effort needs to go other places...
Regards, Ryan