* Jeff Johnson <n3...@mac.com> [May 24. 2011 12:33]:
> > 
> > And this information is dynamic and should come from an online service
> > and not be put into the package, where its 'frozen'
> > 
> 
> This is of course exactly the opposite of what you said here
> 
> >                                        ... By putting it into
> > the package, you get a clearly defined place, clear semantics, and
> > packagers don't have to edit multiple places.
> 
> Which is it: "putting it into the package" or dynamic?
> 

The information _should_ be dynamic(ally) loaded but there's no
_current_ solution to achieve this. So we choose the
not-so-optimal-but-better-than-nothing solution of putting it into the
package.

Klaus
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