* Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2008-12-11 16:26:37]:
> IMHO we should ship a full bundle-installer by default, i.e. one including > the > latest main jar, the latest extra jar, the latest plugins. > ADVANTAGES: > - Security: Once you have obtained the installer, somehow (over Tor, from a > friend, etc etc), you can run it without needing to fetch it from the > website. People in hostile environments won't accidentally fetch the wrong > version of the installer over Tor and then run it and reveal themselves. And > us having less idea how many people are running it is arguably an advantage. > - Performance: The actual installation should take less time to complete. > - Simplicity: It would reduce the number of stages in the install, especially > for non-IzPack installers. > DISADVANTAGES: > - People will sometimes download an installer and then run it months later. > Resulting in an old version being installed. This should update itself, but > only after configuration, and will slow down the process of getting started > with Freenet significantly for a new user. > - Websites (or even magazines with physical DVDs) may mirror old versions of > the installer. Again resulting in an old version being installed. > - Statistics: We would not get the reasonably reliable statistics on how many > people install Freenet that we do now. It has been discussed over and over and over again; I told you I am against it and why numerous time... now if you want to do it, just do it but stop wasting everyone's time making us argue again. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20081211/747393d4/attachment.pgp>
