[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 #14 from Twan Fox <twanfox at gmail.com>  2007-12-11 19:08:45 ---
To compare to SMS, the install packages (usually a binary rollup of all
installer files and scripts) are downloaded onto the workstation only for as
long as it takes to install the application. Once it is installed, the local
cache is purged of the install. Keeping it for any longer needlessly drains
space on the hard drive and, as you say, becomes a problem in terms of security
of those licenses. If you're thinking of packages to uninstall, that's not
really a concern as the installed application should already have the app to
uninstall with it.

There is a script (vbscript) that Microsoft put together as an example of how
to submit a BITS job for it to download. However, if you use BITS, it limits
your OS capacity since BITS is not available on systems earlier than Win2000 (I
think). Additionally, the script uses the bitsadmin.exe program, which is NOT
included in workstation installs, and doesn't have the code necessary to do it
directly. Not exactally a good solution.

As for the http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23 bug, part of me is ok
with the method suggested, and part says "If we've already got to share files
out via samba/cifs, why make the requirement that a webserver and space be set
up so that they can be downloaded via that?" It also seems to add the
complexity of securing the webserver's download area from the WWW (either via
internal-only intranet site or authenticated area) that may expose install
packages when unintended. If we could also include some kind of restartable
download via cifs, I think that'd be useful as well.


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