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#32997 Kodi phones home to check for updates

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