[TxMt] Automatic download issue.

[Josh Carter]

Allan,

I'm a newbie TextMate user, and just did the first version update  
this morning. I have to say, even the previous behavior is  
disconcerting: I get a dialog saying there's a new version to update  
to, but no further detail. No list of changes, no button that would  
take me to a list of changes, and no assurance that the update is  
authentic. That's enough to make me not use the auto-update feature,  
but I do still like the notification that there's a new version.

But the other issue is: it's a text editor. I don't want my text  
editor going off and downloading updates on its own accord. I don't  
want *any* of my software downloading updates on its own accord, but  
especially not the stuff that's supposed to be reasonably lightweight.

Just my $.02 on that issue. FWIW, I'm loving TextMate. It's the most  
innovative editor I've seen since emacs, and it might be enough to  
make me actually switch away from my old-skool unix roots. :)  
Certainly it's the first that's genuinely impressed me, and made me  
set aside some money for when the demo period expires.

Best regards,
Josh


On Oct 21, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> What security problems would there be? It's basically doing exactly  
> the same as the actual version check, download a file from the  
> server, this one is just bigger -- if this is a security concern,  
> you may want to disable version checks altogether :)
>
> Available bandwidth: you can cancel the download when it starts. I  
> could make that into a pause/resume. But maybe try it for a few  
> versions and see if you ever actually get the download and it  
> spoils something by consuming bandwidth.
>
> I think this is one of those cases where on paper it sounds like  
> maybe not the best thing to do because of presumed privacy issues  
> or similar, but in real-life it's just a handy time-saver.