#32997 Kodi phones home to check for updates

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>

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Subject: Kodi phones home to check for updates

Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:13:43 +0300

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I launced kodi for my kids to watch some videos and I got a pop-up
telling me that 18-beta3 was available for download. We should patch out
the update checker.

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From: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>

To: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>

Cc: 32997@debbugs.gnu.org

Subject: Re: bug#32997: Kodi phones home to check for updates

Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:43:18 +0200

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Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. okt. 9.,
K, 10:14):

> I launced kodi for my kids to watch some videos and I got a pop-up
> telling me that 18-beta3 was available for download. We should patch out
> the update checker.
>
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As a workaround you could try to configure Kodi to not check for updates.
1.~ From the Kodi home screen click SYSTEM>ADD-ONS>MY ADD-ONS.
2.~ SERVICES>VERSION CHECK>CONFIGURE.
3.~ Untick Enable Kodi Version Check>click OK>untick AUTO-UPDATE.
(did not try this myself)
Do you think that modifying the default configuration is enough, or should
we completely remove this functionality?

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>

To: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>

Cc: 32997@debbugs.gnu.org

Subject: Re: bug#32997: Kodi phones home to check for updates

Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:48:27 +0300

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On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:43:18AM +0200, Gábor Boskovits wrote:
> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. okt. 9.,
> K, 10:14):
> 
> > I launced kodi for my kids to watch some videos and I got a pop-up
> > telling me that 18-beta3 was available for download. We should patch out
> > the update checker.
> >
> > --
> > Efraim Flashner   <efraim@flashner.co.il>   אפרים פלשנר
> > GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D  14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351
> > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
> >
> 
> As a workaround you could try to configure Kodi to not check for updates.
> 1.~ From the Kodi home screen click SYSTEM>ADD-ONS>MY ADD-ONS.
> 2.~ SERVICES>VERSION CHECK>CONFIGURE.
> 3.~ Untick Enable Kodi Version Check>click OK>untick AUTO-UPDATE.
> (did not try this myself)
> Do you think that modifying the default configuration is enough, or should
> we completely remove this functionality?

I think it'd be better to completely remove the functionality, there's
nothing an end-user can really gain since we've packaged the software.

I also think we're due for an update to the package :)

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>

To: 32997-done@debbugs.gnu.org

Subject: Re: bug#32997: Kodi phones home to check for updates

Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 16:40:30 +0300

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Fixed in 2c17bd7b2955beef4130d11b33e07e4fb3b234dc

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