[Sparkle] possibility/opportunity of updating localizations?

[Uli Kusterer]

On 12.09.2007, at 14:45, Andy Matuschak wrote:
>> Along similar lines, it could also be used to let users choose  
>> what languages they want installed to reduce download size.  The  
>> initial download would only be in english (or whatever base  
>> language) and on first launch the dialog asking to enable  
>> automatic checking could ask the user if they want to install the  
>> language that their system is running in and/or give a list of  
>> other available languages.  Sparkle would then download and  
>> install that language and remember it to re-download on any updates.
>>
>> Doing this might cause issues with code signing in the near  
>> future, but I don't know for sure.  It would be something to look  
>> into before green lighting the feature.  I think it could be a  
>> cool addition if it doesn't cause this side effect.

  As a user, it'd annoy me if I had to explicitly download the  
localizations. Why make your users do extra work if you can just  
include the localizations? It's nice to do a localization-only  
update, or other patches, but I wouldn't want Sparkle to get bloated  
with dozens of features and option dialogs for speciality things like  
downloading components.

Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
http://www.zathras.de