On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm uncomfortable with the install/download happening automagically. I > think I'd be OK if I was prompted with something along the lines of > "You don't currently have addon X installed, do you want to install it > now?" > > Perhaps this stems from a (perhaps irrational) desire to have at least > the illusion that I'm in control of what is being installed on my > machine.
So let's consider some of the ways of implementing opt-out: 1. configuration option 2. give download and require semantics to a different verb from 'require' 3. require a different noun argument to require to get download semantics 4. redefine require as needed 5. put a ui on require Personally, I think I'd go with 2: 1. is like 4 but more complicated 2. assumes assumes the author knows when to explicitly suggest download 3. is like 2, but more complicated 4. assumes the user has evolved plans for implicit download 5. needs to deal with jconsole, jwd, jgtk, jhs, issues along with android and ios details, or needs to be broken sometimes Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
