Re: Bug#405997: should executables be permitted to update themselves?
Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> I don't know what azareus's UI for this is like but depending on the
> situation it might be best to make a configuration option, set by
> default, which suppresses it. For example, if the current code presents
> dialogues nagging to be allowed to update from upstream, then we should
> definitely disable that by default. OTOH if it's an obscure menu option
> then just adding `(not recommended!)' in an appropriate string might be
> sufficient.
In particular, if it checks upstream for a new version automatically,
that's verging too close to spyware for my comfort, even if it doesn't
download the new version. That sort of request can be tracked, and even
if upstream is ethical, I'd want to disable that by default.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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