Re: GnuTLS for W32

[chad]

On Jan 5, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Juanma Barranquero wrote:

Why the second guessing? I was told that almost all software packages
today did automatic upgrading, and I mentioned some that do not. I
don't know why they don't offer it, and neither do you.

I suspect the answer is ``most of them do, either built in to the app, via a default package system, and/or via the operating system''.  You

Do you have an smoke detector in your home? I don't. I don't have a
fire extinguisher, either.

I do, as does basically everyone I know.  They're required in various ways here in the US. Perhaps we're ruining it for the rest of you. :)

Regardless, you have made it clear that you object to oranges because they might someday turn into apples.  To be explicit, here is the `sweeping under the carpet' to which you have repeatedly voiced objection:

On Jan 4, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

I really like your suggestion.  It lets us write the DLL deployment code
later or never, depending on what users want, but at first we will only
do the acceptable minimum.  It can also work with a standalone GnuTLS
W32 installer, if we ever decide that's a better approach.

Apparently `later or never' is too much like `evident that we should' for you.

*Chad