Installer.app locks out PXL package

So, it is great that lg and PXL have worked an agreement out on this. An open-source community packaging solution is what the iPhone community seems to want... even IF lg wanted to keep it closed.

One point to note is that once we do get more open, peeps need to be wary of what they install... Magenta is an example of this:
http://freelanceg33k.blogspot.com/2007/09/newest-iphone-application-to-hi-streets.html
What if it WAS a virus?

Thanks to the folks at ste, concieted, and nullriver for helping to keep the kiddies safe from themselves... I mean, who really wants an iPhone paperwieght?

http://www.apptapp.com

Really, a lot of the drama came from poor lines of communication and so on. PXL and Installer had different approaches; Installer was a single tool which did everything on the phone, while PXL was a core service designed to be accessed from multiple places (desktop, Safari install plugin, and so on).

Both had advantages and disadvantages, but everything just got bogged down in politics. So the two teams decided to just cut through all the politics, combine forces, and come up with a new (open source) core framework on which everything will be built. An Installer.app-style on-phone management tool, a system for iBrickr and other desktop apps to also manage, repositories for automated updates as well as a way to install packages by hand or over Mobile Safari, and have everything in one repository.

Hopefully with a single open-source core which will do everything the others did individually, others will adopt the new library (so that other apps, such as iNdependence or iFuntastic, can also do package management).

The feeling between the two teams was that the politics were getting out of hand, were largely out of the control of the teams themselves, and were really sapping everyone's enthusiasm. This solution hopefully provides the best of all worlds for iPhone third party development!

Or perhaps some legal team leaned on the dev. Those legal types are clever and could easily fashion a scheme such as this to make it seem like Apple itself is not the one being restrictive. Just a thought. I'm sure the dev has his/her reasons.

Re: where do we find...

http://pxl.ibrickr.com

There is also a Safari (iPhone) plugin on the above page to install pxl packages from a web page. I fully support Breezy, iBrickr and all the open source initiatives. It would be great if everyone got along, maybe someday.

I just want to say a big thanks to the guy who developed installer.app

It rocks! Keep up the good work. Like they say about TV - but for software - if you don't like it, turn it off.

That said, an open source installer sounds great too.

So where do we go to find online PXL to directly install?

Open source package manager vs. Close source package manager? I think the choice is clear...

I encourage all iPhone application developers to move to the PXL package manager.

Gotta admit, it was pretty cheeky to use a competing product to install your own. Regardless of the fact they're both free (right?), it's abusing someone else's hard work. Blocking their package makes lg look like a git, but frankly it was questionable for them to put it out there in the first place - so this problem begins with PXL, not Installer.app.

Very insightful, Will Angel. There's nothing I like less than all this, "We've been horribly wronged" whining from those who have been a bit sneaky themselves. I mean, that's what Real did, guys, have some self-respect.

Exactly right comment #6....forget installer.app and hopefully the iphone developing community will develop a open source installer then lg's installer will be no more...so sad. hopefully we will be saying BUH BYE to LG soon.