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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature request: notify user of updates to installed packages
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:53:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnaby4nn.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAAdUY-JOrxZ5ZeRsrT=iCu+RB4oMu8A236O96dbDQOnNYO2hRg@mail.gmail.com

On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 12:52:57 +0000 Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> wrote: 

AM> An automatic notification is a feature I've been meaning to add. But
AM> it would have to be an opt-in minor-mode. I believe it would not be
AM> nice for Emacs to silently "call home" without the user requesting.

I think it should be in a first-class menu item under "Options" near
"Manage Packages" (or make a "Packages" menu under "Options") so it's
really easy to discover and enable this option. I can think of very few
instances today where I wouldn't want it enabled.

Ted




      reply	other threads:[~2015-11-30 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <591EAB83-06E0-4280-97EB-A9AA799710FD@cs.ubc.ca>
2015-11-29  3:37 ` Feature request: notify user of updates to installed packages David Reitter
2015-11-29 12:52   ` Artur Malabarba
2015-11-30 13:53     ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]

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