[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 #10 from Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org>  2007-12-10 19:09:14 ---
> I personally would tend to lean towards downloading the package locally first,
> then running it. That is something WPKG doesn't do right now, but would improve
> apparent performance by permitting downloads to happen while the system is in
> use (metered and a marginal data stream) and then, at the next opportunity,
> install. Sadly, in my mind, I see something SMS-like in that regard, just
> server- and installer-agnostic.

Technically, shouldn't be complicated. But:

1. Would it be of any use in LAN?

2. For laptops that are away, I wouldn't recommend upgrading software anyway -
for multi-megabyte packages (100 MB, or more) it's still slow, even if using
fast DSL. And what happens when the upgrade fails for some reason, and the user
is left on an important meeting on the other side of the globe without a
crucial application?


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