[wpkg-users] [Bug 91] Do not execute wpkg.js on a slow network connection

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http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91





--- Comment #5 from Rainer Meier <skybeam at users.sourceforge.net>  2007-12-07 08:15:30 ---
Here I do not fully agree. Selecting the network is definitely a task within
the responsibility of the user and/or operating system, not the one of any WPKG
component.

I just think we should make sure that WPKG runs as smooth as possible within
the given environment. If the user choses (for whatever reason ever) a slow
network connection WPKG just has to adapt to this environment.

That was actually the reason I asked for this change in WPKG client. WPKG is
aimed to offer an alternative deployment solution. Lots of users are using it
since SMS or ActiveDirectory is too limited. These days mobility is becoming
more and more important. People are roaming between multiple locations and WPKG
should take that into account. It is just annoying if WPKG tries to install the
latest Photoshop version while roaming on a GSM connection.

You're right that this can be done by a pre-executed script as well. We just
have to take into account that WPKG might not be selected in an evaluation if
such a support is not built-in (not a direct feature of the application).

So I will go on trying to write a script or program which detects network speed
and can be executed as a pre-script to wpkg client.


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