[Qt-interest] Politically Correct way to release an Open Source Qt Project

[Kustaa Nyholm]

>So, the source all tar'ed up is a given, but for the Mac binary, what's the standard practice?  After I compile it can I just zip the myapplication.app file upload that?  This is actually the first time I've compiled/ran a Qt app on the Mac so >I'm a bit lost.  I have an old XP box lying around here and have the latest Qt on it.  I assume compiling a Win32 executable will suffice for all Win users?

A Mac user neither expects nor wants an installer.
 All  they want is to be able download a disc image (.dmg) and drag the application
wherever they want to. 

Granted, sometimes an installer is necessary if the installation needs some special 
access rights, but that should be avoided at all costs.

On the other hand, on Windows (in my experience) the users are conditioned to
need/expect an installer even if one is not actually needed and even though  the whole
concept of an installer is faulty.

br Kusti