#32997 - Kodi phones home to check for updates

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
To: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#32997: Kodi phones home to check for updates
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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
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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?

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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#32997 Kodi phones home to check for updates