From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2002-01-08T00:41:40+09:00
Subject: Re: snippet exchange (was: Re:  Re:  chomp for arrays?)

> From: Dan Sugalski [mailto:dan@sidhe.org]
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:08 PM
>
> There is a qualitative difference here. When you explicitly fetch and
> install code, you at least have the opportunity to examine what you've
> gotten. (Whether you do or not is up to you--you can choose to take that
> risk) You only do it once. With a net-require, it happens multiple times,
> and at times that aren't under your control.

This fact had escaped my attention. I certainly would not want to be
downloading the same code from the net over and over -- even if its a new
version (I may be perfectly happy with my stable setup).

A net require facility should probably look locally first and on the net
only if it does not exist locally (with an option to check the net for newer
version -- when I want to do that).

Curt