MySQL installation on Mac OS X makes me happy
Mad props to MySQL for providing their software in PKG form for Mac OS X (now all they need is an appcast). However, they note in the readme:
If you are upgrading an existing installation, note that installing a new MySQL PKG does not remove the directory of an older installation. Unfortunately, the Mac OS X Installer does not yet offer the functionality required to properly upgrade previously installed packages.
I guess that depends on what’s required to upgrade MySQL installations, but I’m not sure why they’re so special. Mac PKGs provide support for pre- and post-upgrade scripts. I’m not sure what it could need to do that isn’t supported. At the very least, a post-upgrade script could do a little backing up and moving of important files so that the old directory can be deleted.
Regardless, I’m glad to see an open source company like them releasing software for the Mac in a format that makes sense. With open source projects it’s mostly the the low karma command line (sometimes Fink) or a negative karma dirty, dirty installer like Zero G.