On Nov 26, 2009, at 6:06 AM, GrayHat wrote: > Well... let's say that the "automatic" update may (for ONE time) > follow > the same approach which Microsoft (ok... now people will run against > me with guns <g>) took, that is, offering multiple choices, that is > > manual, notify only > > download+notify, don't install > > download, install and notify > > does it sound ok :) ?
If this has to be done, this is the most agreeable solution. I would like to see one further options, disable it all, downloads, notify, the entire thing, turn it all off. I personally do not think that solving the problem of getting more beta testers, and more people to be current can be solved with code. This is not a code problem. But since it looks like this feature is going to be added, the numbers will eventually show that. I have a few questions... What defines the url, and how do we know to trust the source of where the download comes from? Now we have to look into adding code for hash checking of the files. Trust of the integrity of the file is going to be an issue. I have seen too many portfiles fail checksum checks for a marginal glitch in my Internet connection. I download again, all is well, without care, ASSP could get in a download loop. More code. Mr prediction, stats show there are a lot more downloads off all the newest releases. As long as your stats show which versions are actively being used, I suspect those numbers to not change much at all. Were the original stats posted by Thomas download stats, or usage stats? If they are usage stats, I assume that means ASSP phones home in some way, are most people aware of this? I am ok with it, but I certainly would like the option to be able to toggle that off if I was asked to do so. This also ads a layer of port maintenance to admins. Some of my email servers are locked down, and I do not allow outbound on any other than the ports I need to. I would now have to open port 80 in and out to deal with software updates. Or I guess we can use some other port, but ... More code. Good to have this discussion though, I appreciate the chance to give some feedback on this issue. -- Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Assp-test mailing list Assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-test
