Ed Leafe wrote:
>       I've just committed the result of some work I've been doing for the  
> past week or two: implementing auto-update over the web for the Dabo  
> framework. This is not a replacement for Subversion; rather, it is a  
> more controlled and fine-grained release mechanism.
> 
>       When Paul or I feel that recent changes are fairly settled, we will  
> have the ability to mark that as a 'release'. This is actually more  
> akin to a "build number" than a point-style release system; the build  
> number will be the version number from Subversion (currently 3233).  
> During active development, when things may be in a more fragile  
> state, developers on Subversion will get these changes, but those  
> using auto-update will not. When the kinks are worked out of the  
> active development, we can mark that version as 'current' for auto- 
> update, and everyone can then get it.
> 
>       I don't recommend using both auto-update and Subversion right now,  
> since the updates from one may confuse the other. But if you'd like  
> to test this out, you need to grab a copy of the framework from (at  
> least) version 3233, and then run any Dabo app. Open a command  
> window, and type:
> 
>       dabo.dAppRef._setAutoUpdate(self, True, interval=0)
> 
> This will turn on the auto-update checking every time you run a Dabo  
> app. The 'interval' parameter is in minutes, so setting that to 60  
> will only check if the last check was more than an hour ago. Setting  
> the interval to zero means check every time.
> 
>       I expect lots of rough edges, as I've worked on this in between  
> several other projects, so please, if you do run into problems,  
> please let me know here on the dev list. If things look good, we can  
> have a new full release so that everyone can grab that, and make auto- 
> update available to all.
> 

Sorry, but i do not like this at all.
Maybe it would be possible to NOT make it a standard dabo feature and
instead make it a additional feature?
This is sort of microshit (i can crack your box and you won't know about
this).
No - i never would like a autoupdate feature.

Uwe



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