On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 02:11, Felipe Figueiredo <phils...@gmail.com> wrote: > Peter, > > >> Then came the deathnell for using the system because at 82% of >> installation IT SETS UP AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND USES MY ADSL MODEM > > The subject seems much more harsh than the body. The only complaint, as I see > it, is a lack of notification on what the update process means during > installation. This should be considered a minoir wishlist bug against the > installer. > This may be insignificant issue to most users, but for people who have to pay for their bandwidth per MB of usage, this is not really a very insignificant issue. In many countries bandwidth is still a very scare resource. My ISP imposes a 1GB limit (alas!) on usage after which they charge for each MB of data transferred. In our region we don't really have an option to change the ISP either, as this is the only affordable option. This may seem ridiculous to people from developed countries, but in most developing countries the situation is similar if not worse when it comes to internet connectivity. A few hundred MBs of excess downloads does matter. So it would be better if the Installer asks for confirmation (just like the update-manager does) from the user before downloading the updates. Infact while installation I turn of my modem, to prevent automatic downloads.
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