0000947: New feature - Notice of update available

(0001987)
ivan (administrator)
2009-09-17 17:10

The RSS Feed plugin comes with a default feed to look for new SiT versions, but I've been reluctant to add an automatic updates check feature because many people consider that to be "Phoning home" and a big no-no for an open source app.

Maybe if was something that required the user to click 'Check for updates' it might not be so bad.

What do other people think?

(0001992)
kieran (administrator)
2009-09-17 18:35

I dunno, piwik and wordpress to name two let you know when there's an update available.

(0002031)
Tomse (developer)
2009-09-23 15:36

So does phpbb2 and phpbb3

and actually several other opensource sites does this.

Perhaps turning it off as default, but during installation asking the admin to put a checkmark if it needs to be turned on.

then it's a human choice to have it enabled :-)

and I think it's great with the RSS feeds, but if the admin thinks they are not usable then she turns off the rss.

(0002040)
paulh (administrator)
2009-09-23 20:47

I agree this would be useful though the notice should obviously only go to admins.

(0002399)
ivan (administrator)
2010-02-20 13:39

We discussed this in IRC and decided to have a scheduled task disabled by default that an admin can enable

(0004630)
ivan (administrator)
2013-01-05 16:01

Bumping to 4

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2009-09-17 15:38	Tomse	New Issue
2009-09-17 17:10	ivan	Note Added: 0001987
2009-09-17 17:10	ivan	Status	new => feedback
2009-09-17 18:35	kieran	Note Added: 0001992
2009-09-23 15:36	Tomse	Note Added: 0002031
2009-09-23 16:10	ivan	Status	feedback => confirmed
2009-09-23 20:47	paulh	Note Added: 0002040
2010-02-20 13:39	ivan	Note Added: 0002399
2010-02-20 16:39	paulh	Product Version	4.0 =>
2010-02-20 16:39	paulh	Target Version	=> 4.0
2010-04-10 22:52	ivan	Status	confirmed => assigned
2010-04-10 22:52	ivan	Assigned To	=> ivan
2011-02-14 13:21	ivan	Target Version	4.0 => 3.90beta1
2013-01-05 16:01	ivan	Note Added: 0004630
2013-01-05 16:01	ivan	Target Version	3.90beta1 => 4.0

Notes
(0001987) ivan (administrator) 2009-09-17 17:10	The RSS Feed plugin comes with a default feed to look for new SiT versions, but I've been reluctant to add an automatic updates check feature because many people consider that to be "Phoning home" and a big no-no for an open source app. Maybe if was something that required the user to click 'Check for updates' it might not be so bad. What do other people think?

(0001992) kieran (administrator) 2009-09-17 18:35	I dunno, piwik and wordpress to name two let you know when there's an update available.

(0002031) Tomse (developer) 2009-09-23 15:36	So does phpbb2 and phpbb3 and actually several other opensource sites does this. Perhaps turning it off as default, but during installation asking the admin to put a checkmark if it needs to be turned on. then it's a human choice to have it enabled :-) and I think it's great with the RSS feeds, but if the admin thinks they are not usable then she turns off the rss.

(0002040) paulh (administrator) 2009-09-23 20:47	I agree this would be useful though the notice should obviously only go to admins.

(0002399) ivan (administrator) 2010-02-20 13:39	We discussed this in IRC and decided to have a scheduled task disabled by default that an admin can enable

(0004630) ivan (administrator) 2013-01-05 16:01	Bumping to 4

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