[plt-scheme] drscheme 202 on mac os x --- can't connect to update server

From: Jens Axel Søgaard (jensaxel at soegaard.net)
Date: Fri Oct 11 09:14:49 EDT 2002

MJ Ray wrote:
>   For list-related administrative tasks:
>   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>
> Paul Steckler <steck at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> The version checker does use HTTP to connect to a Web server.
>> However, unlike a browser, the version checker never uses a proxy
>> server.
>
> Why?  This seems particularly inconvenient for sites with multiple
> installations of DrScheme, with one download per system instead of
> per site.

But the version checker does nothing more than check
whether you have the latest version. It does not download updates.

--
Jens Axel Søgaard




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