On Friday 27 April 2007 11:28:07 Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Friday 2007-04-27 at 09:49 +0200, Klaus Kaempf wrote:
> > > Automatically based on cpu power, memory and network ? > > Configurable by user ? > > Based on size of package ? > > ... > > Al of them... automatically based on cpu, memory, network, and size of > package, plus user configuration. A triffle. > > I don't know. Perhaps some thing that, based on previous assumptions > guestimates how long will it take on each road, and decide. The > calculation will depend a lot on each particular machine setup, so it's > doubtfull it can be acurately calculated, so perhaps best thing is to base > decisions on data from previous sessions. And unless that data is feedback > to you, you want be able to initialize the functions properly - but that > opens another problem, because people is sensitive to to data gathering. > > Or from user configuration altogether. > > A user on an expensive network will probably want deltas all the time, and > one on a cheap, big pipe will prefer big packagaes in full. > > It's not simple to calculate... Maybe some sort of score for the machine, a la Windows Vista? :) A measure of the system performance and profile based on a set of criteria. This could also be used elsewhere in deciding whether XGL should be enabled etc. Cheers Pete --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
