On 30 July 2010 15:57, Steve VanSlyck <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, exactly. It all depends on what the phone home was intended to do, and > what its actually doing. [Insert here futher comments, appropriately > vituperative, about software that installs a service without asking > permission.] Speaking as maintainer of several WordPress blogs and a few MediaWiki installations, I'd like to state my wholehearted support for Jeroen's work to make MediaWiki updating and extension managemhent as easy as that of WordPress. While WordPress *needs* it more, given its security-hole-of-the-week reputation, it's really becoming very good indeed. And there is nothing whatsoever wrong with "phone home" in appropriate circumstances, particularly when there's good reason and the software gives you appropriate control. - d. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
