2008/8/4 Twayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 03/08/2008 00:42, Twayne wrote:
Q Here:
In fact, I _thought_ I read here that updates weren't sent out but
rather things of that sort would be a download of a new version of
the entire application? It almost sounds as though I've been
missing out on updates?? Or is, for example, 2.4.2 going to be an
"update" to 2.4.1?
No, as far as I know OOo "upgrades" are always accomplished via a
complete new installation. But all the same arguments apply: if you
get the new file [and the MD5] from the attacker's web site then he
wins the game.
No arguement there!
I suspect I fell into a semantics "trap" due to cultural differences, or
updates/upgrades got mixed up in context. An update to me is a patch,
or fix, to something w/o upping the build/rev/version hmm, that's not
right! Oh well. An update is inserted into the existing file, if you
will, and becomes part of it. Whereas an "upgrade" is generally a new
release of an application, as you indicate 2.4.2 would be to 2.4.1.
So I'm on your track at least.
<snip>
Wellll, even for MS, I don't allow auto updates; only auto download.
I
do the installs using Custom Install because I want to see when
they're trying to push a Silverlight or whatever as an update,
things like that.
<snip>
Very OT but, please, what's wrong with Silverlight? I *was* just
about to install "Turning The Pages" to look at the Ramayana exhibit
on the British Library web site
Go ahead and install it; I'm not for nor against it.
There is nothing inherently wrong with Silverlight AFAIK and I didn't
mean to give that impression. My target was more the way MS
occasionally "updates" but rather than it being an update, might be a
whole new application and I wouldn't be surpised to eventually see
Silverlight pushed as an update. People that use it seem to rave about
it.
I simply didn't care for it after I installed it, so I removed it,
albeit with a few problems but nothing serious.
Regards,
Twayne
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