GNU bug report logs - #77734
[android] 30.1; provide option to restrict mobile data or wifi on demand only

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Message #10 received at 77734-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: జిందం వాఐి
 <jindam.vani <at> disroot.org>
Cc: 77734-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77734: [android] 30.1; provide option to restrict mobile
 data or wifi on demand only
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:24:07 +0800

జిందం వాఐి <jindam.vani <at> disroot.org> 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.

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