[sage-devel] Re: Fwd: [sage-devel] Re: automatic sage upgrade notification?

2007-05-18 Thread Hamptonio
I would like to register to use sage. Marshall Hampton, SAGE user #1 :) On May 18, 3:47 pm, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] dortmund.de> wrote: > On May 18, 10:07 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I HATE it when software phones home. There should be, at least, a config > > entry available to dis

[sage-devel] Re: Fwd: [sage-devel] Re: automatic sage upgrade notification?

2007-05-18 Thread mabshoff
On May 18, 10:07 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I HATE it when software phones home. There should be, at least, a config > entry available to disable this behavior. And IMO, it should be disabled by > default. > Yes, Opt in is the way to go. Anything else is just plain EVIL(tm). The other

[sage-devel] Re: Fwd: [sage-devel] Re: automatic sage upgrade notification?

2007-05-18 Thread boothby
I HATE it when software phones home. There should be, at least, a config entry available to disable this behavior. And IMO, it should be disabled by default. On Fri, 18 May 2007, William Stein wrote: > > Te next question arises -- do we gather information about the number > of users based on

[sage-devel] Re: Fwd: [sage-devel] Re: automatic sage upgrade notification?

2007-05-18 Thread Robert Bradshaw
To be on the safe side, I would only ever report actual downloads. Upgrades included. I don't like "phone home" software either. Also, make it grab "sagemath.org" from the config file, so someone could disable it/set it to their own personal mirror, etc. - Robert On May 18, 2007, at 12:06