[TxMt] Automatic download issue.

[Allan Odgaard]

On 21/10/2005, at 17.32, Josh Carter wrote:

> [...] 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.

It sounds like the RSS feed is a better match for you (granted, you  
can still be the victim of DNS spoofing):

    feed://appcast.textmate.org

I would like to show changes while/before downloading, my own  
experience though is, that I generally don't read it before I have  
actually updated — so this is not top priority ATM.

> 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.

I'd think the more lightweight, the more natural would it be to just  
do a quick self-update (with users permission for replacing the old  
version of course).