From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: security-patches package Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:15:31 -0500 Message-ID: <86377e3va4.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <87wp55t0un.fsf@petton.fr> <87tw07kikp.fsf@gnu.org> <161eff40ff05df7d5577e2456baa1676.squirrel@cloud103.planethippo.com> <87a81xhxh0.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <87tw02hcd1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877ewr253f.fsf@russet.org.uk> <878th6dh45.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1506140200 4142 195.159.176.226 (23 Sep 2017 04:16:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 04:16:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.91 (windows-nt) To: emacs-devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 23 06:16:33 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dvbrk-0000YH-O5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 06:16:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33614 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvbrr-0001RM-O1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:16:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58364) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvbr0-0001RF-Fq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:15:47 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvbqv-0003gC-Ga for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:15:46 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp97.ord1d.emailsrvr.com ([184.106.54.97]:34523) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvbqv-0003eK-79 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:15:41 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp13.relay.ord1d.emailsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp13.relay.ord1d.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 2C2BFC007B for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:15:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Auth-ID: board-president@tomahawk-creek-hoa.com Original-Received: by smtp13.relay.ord1d.emailsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: board-president-AT-tomahawk-creek-hoa.com) with ESMTPSA id E5F88C0066 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:15:33 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender-Id: board-president@tomahawk-creek-hoa.com Original-Received: from Takver4 (76-218-37-33.lightspeed.kscymo.sbcglobal.net [76.218.37.33]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AES128-GCM-SHA256) by 0.0.0.0:25 (trex/5.7.12); Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:15:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <878th6dh45.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:59:06 -0400") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 184.106.54.97 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:218718 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: >>> * Can we do push notifications somehow or are we limited to polling? > > PL> Polling. Worse polling at the users request, because ELPA doesn't also > PL> update. > > PL> Changing ELPA to auto-update the archive would be a good thing to do, I > PL> think. > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:12:47 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > SM> I'm firmly opposed to making any program initiate network connections > SM> without explicit user request. > > I understand the concern. > > Let's say the user can turn auto checking on, but normally it will just > be a prominent menu item or button they can click to check for an update? +1 -- -- Stephe