chicagofan wrote:
NoOp wrote:
On 09/17/2010 07:39 AM, Daniel Barclay wrote:
I've just been hit with SeaMonkey's automatic upgrade (from 2.0.7 to
2.0.8) even though the installer never said it was setting things up
for automatic upgrade, and I never explicitly gave permission for
SeaMonkey to make changes like that to my machine.
I don't recall--how do I reconfigure SeaMonkey not to automatically
install anything until I say so?
(A higher-level question: (Unless I somehow missed a clear notification
at installation time,) why the heck was SeaMonkey changed to make
changes to the user's software configuration without explicit permission
and prior notification? That is NOT trustworthy behavior. I'd expect
that from Microsoft or Adobe or something.)
See this thread:
"SeaMonkey v2.0.5 to v2.0.6 update didn't prompt me!"
07/25/2010
Note my comments in that thread... I suspect that this is one of the
reasons for the 'fire drill' transition from 2.0.7 to 2.0.8; auto update
contributed to the skyrocketed the crash stats. IMO it *is* a security
issue so I've disabled all SM autoupdates on all of my machines as well
as my customer/relative/friend/enemy machines.
Also see:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Software_Update
http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/products/SeaMonkey/versions/2.0.7
http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/products/SeaMonkey/versions/2.0.8
I've turned my auto updates off too, because of the problems I've
developed since 2.06. If it wasn't so much trouble I would go back to 2.06.
My problem isn't crashes, just increasing nuisances with mail and news
composing and sending, where I spend most of my time.
bj
Its not that much trouble to go back (at least on Mac - on PC it most
likely a PIA)
On Mac Locate the SeaMonkey 2.0.6 download, down load it. Next move
2.0.7 to Trash but don't empty as yet.
now open the .dmg file and drag the Icon of SeaMonkey to icon of the
application folder. The Application will be installed Open SeaMonkey and
your good to go.
--
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net/ mailto:[email protected]
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