Subject: Re: bug#77734: [android] 30.1; provide option to restrict mobile data or wifi on demand only

From: జిందం వాఐి<[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:05:23 +0000

On 18 April 2025 02:24:07 UTC, Po Lu <[email-masked]> wrote:
>జిందం వాఐి <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> * i acted stupidly
>> * i wanted to use matrix
>> * so i did little search
>> * found m-x package-install
>> will show if package is installed
>> * obviously i never bother to
>> read rest of it
>> * when i executed it started to
>> download from elpa
>>
>>
>> * why?
>> * there is no guarantee all
>> users have access to fast
>> network or unlimited data
>>
>> * please consider to integrate
>> access or deny to mobile data
>> or wifi within app itself!
>>
>> * afterall, the extensible 
>> self-documenting text editor
>> * keyword: "text editor"
>
>Emacs invokes the operating system's sockets library to access the
>Internet and accordingly any traffic metering or throttling
>functionality is decidedly outside its purview (not to mention
>impossible to implement portably) and within the operating system's.
>Closing, sorry.

* i did some research also, it seems
declaration in manifest pretty
much restricts anything
* please excuse. cant we make
behaviour of emacs when trying to
use internet identical to linux
package managers
* ordinary folks must provide
input "yes" before downloading
and installation of packages
* ex.: apt install foo

regards,
జిందం వాఐి [ jindam, vani ]

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