Re: [widgets] Automatic updates attempt 2

On 2008-05-28 20:19:55 +1000, Marcos Caceres wrote:

> > This goes back full-circle to the question whether the
> > metainformation (including signature and capabilities) should be
> > within the zip archive, or in a separate outside file.

> > My gut feeling is that the update descriptor is going to end up
> > looking *very* similar to the manifest, in the end of the day.

> I disagree. There is only a tiny bit of overlap that is needed to do
> the version and ID comparison.

I was referring to Arve's remark about the security related
capabilities, and about doing a user interaction about these
*before* the full widget is downloaded.  That would imply moving
more information into the detached file.

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Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>