Is there a newer version available on the internet?
Many modern pieces of software check the internet for an updated version of itself. While most package managers will tell the system administrator whether a package has an update available, this is completely dependent on Linux distribution and how diligent the maintainer(s) are. gDesklets should not get in the way of these package managers, but it should be able to determine whether there is a newer version available and notify the user.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Joe Sapp
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- gDesklets Core Team
- Definition:
- Pending Approval
- Series goal:
- Accepted for 0.3x
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
release-of-0.36.3
- Started by
- Joe Sapp
- Completed by
- Bjoern Koch
Whiteboard
-Check an URL (in the gdesklets.de domain) on startup and every 3 days it remains running
-Fail silently (i.e. if not connected to the internet)
-Pop-up message if there is a newer version
-This would require access to gdesklets.de for new tarballs to be posted and the file checked to be changed
-It should be capable of being globally disabled at compile-time
-Each user should be able to disable or enable this feature via the configuration dialog and pop-up message, if it's been enabled at compile-time
-URL should just be a simple XML file containing the current release and development versions
-https:/
