[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #40365] Community news web access should be a user preference

[Philip Nienhuis]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40365>

                 Summary: Community news web access should be  a user
preference
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: philipnienhuis
            Submitted on: Thu 24 Oct 2013 11:28:56 PM CEST
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Philip Nienhuis
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

(Follow-up of bug #40285)

While I like the idea behind the Community News pane, IMO it would be
desirable to add a preference so users can opt-in for community news.

Personally I don't like it when programs autonomously access the  Web w/o any
user option to disallow it.
Almost all software I have installed asks in some way for user permission to
access the web; Mageia Update (= drak<something>), LibreOffice, Java, etc;
even Windows Update does. Currently Octave doesn't.
For the extremely paranoid (not me BTW), Octave could even be perceived as a
security risk if it can silently access the Web w/o any user intervention.





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