From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | "Rader, David" <davidr(at)openscg(dot)com> |
Cc: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, PostgreSQL WWW <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: patch - BigSQL packages on Download |
Date: | 2016-05-03 17:05:26 |
Message-ID: | 5728DA56.7000309@commandprompt.com |
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On 05/03/2016 09:51 AM, Rader, David wrote:
> Josh -
>
> There are 2 types http requests - the first being to download pgAdmin or
> PostgreSQL Studio if selected by the user. The description for those
> components says that a xxMB download is required and the user could
> choose to not install them to avoid the http request.
O.k. this one I think is fine and reasonable.
>
> The 2nd type is to update the list of components and versions available
> for install or update - which we are going to change to be explicit
> rather than implicit. I think _most_ users today expect auto checks to
> see if updates are available (think every smart phone, modern OS X and
> Windows, desktop apps like Atom, etc, etc). But it's not the majority of
> casual users that complain about privacy issues - it's the small group
> of vocal people concerned enough to look that do. So we are going to
> change to not update the package list during the install but leave it to
> the user for afterwards.
If it were me, I would use a static list and have a button that says:
Would you like to update the list of components available for download
(Internet connection needed)? Yes/No
And run with that.
Sincerely,
JD
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