[Slight OT] RE: [Pythonmac-SIG] Package Manager idea,
adding a UR L scheme
Schollnick, Benjamin
Benjamin.Schollnick at usa.xerox.com
Wed Oct 8 14:17:52 EDT 2003
> I'd still like the option of executable code, but then it would be the
> exception, so we could do something similar to what Apple's Installer
> does
> on Panther: if the package wants to execute code *before* you've said
> "yes"
> to install it it pops up a warning dialog saying "This
> installer wants
> to
> run code on your machine to do some pre-install tests. Is that okay
> with you?".
Sorry... Slightly off topic....
But I ran into this today, while installing the new versions of ICal &
Isync.... And it was a little suprising, but nice to see that warning!
This is a feature that should be added, and should be *ENSURED* is available
on all the OSes assuming this does become Cross Platform...
Not having this "warning", is a large security issue... Which is half the
problem with Windows!
- Benjamin
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