Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-26 Thread Ole Streicher
Daniele Tricoli writes: > On Tuesday 25 August 2015 13:08:12 Ole Streicher wrote: >> This is probably the way to go. However, the original package does not >> update the data on a regular base. It checks whether the data are >> current when they are accessed and downloads a new version if the loca

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Daniele Tricoli
On Tuesday 25 August 2015 13:08:12 Ole Streicher wrote: > This is probably the way to go. However, the original package does not > update the data on a regular base. It checks whether the data are > current when they are accessed and downloads a new version if the local > version is too old. What

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Ole Streicher
Danny Edel writes: > From a system administrator's point of view, the following would be all > right to me: > > * When you install the package, debconf asks if you want the automated > upgrades, preferably telling me how often its going to download them and > information about the source. (And I k

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Ole Streicher
m...@linux.it (Marco d'Itri) writes: > On Aug 25, Ole Streicher wrote: >> What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An >> automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the >> right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. One could let the > I am f

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Alastair McKinstry
On 25/08/2015 08:44, Ole Streicher wrote: > Hi all, > > What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An > automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the > right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. One could let the > user manually start the d

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Danny Edel
On 25/08/15 09:44, Ole Streicher wrote: > What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An > automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the > right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. Hi Ole, I wouldnt say that it' automatically bad to downloa

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 25, Ole Streicher wrote: > What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An > automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the > right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. One could let the I am frankly tired of people screaming "privacy v