[geeklog-devel] GSOC 2009 Proposal

[Vincent Furia]

I'm with Randy. Users (in this case site owners) shouldn't be forced to do
automatic updates. Having the (opt-in) option available though is probably a
good idea. I'm not sure its worth the overhead to differentiate between
between "critical" and "non-critical" updates.

-Vinny

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Randy Kolenko <Randy.Kolenko at nextide.ca>wrote:


> Visions of automated Windows Update flash through my head -- Automatic

> update done on my vista laptop destroys 1/2 my software.  Not sure who

> is to blame for that situation... Me for not testing the updates or even

> reading what they are, or Microsoft for pushing the update.

>

> Its probably a better idea to have the updates to be configurable

> option.  Give the user the option to automatically update or not for

> both critical and non critical items.

> Other options could be an email alert or things like a warning banner

> bar across the top of the page output or something to that effect.

>

> -randy

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Tim Patrick [mailto:tcsp1900 at hotmail.com]

> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:56 AM

> To: geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net

> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] GSOC 2009 Proposal

>

>

> In regards to the 'phoning home' for updates, I thought of the idea of

> having the manual update instead of phoning home, but i think it has a

> big flaw. Suppose for example one of the plugins has a giant security

> flaw. There is no way to force the user to upgrade, and to be honest

> most users will not manually check for security updates. Maybe a better

> idea would be to have a mix of this idea and the phoning home - Manual

> update for all normal updates, but the manager still checks a security

> file for updates, for forced security updates.

>

> What do you guys think?

>

> Tim

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