Kodi phones home to check for updates

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Efraim Flashner wrote on 9 Oct 2018 10:13
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I launced kodi for my kids to watch some videos and I got a pop-uptelling me that 18-beta3 was available for download. We should patch outthe update checker.
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Gábor Boskovits wrote on 9 Oct 2018 11:43
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Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. okt. 9.,K, 10:14):
Toggle quote (10 lines)> 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 shouldwe completely remove this functionality?
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Efraim Flashner wrote on 9 Oct 2018 11:48
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(name . Gábor Boskovits)(address . boskovits@gmail.com)(address . 32997@debbugs.gnu.org)
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On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:43:18AM +0200, Gábor Boskovits wrote:
Toggle quote (21 lines)> 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'snothing 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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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 10 Oct 2018 14:47
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Efraim Flashner wrote on 21 Oct 2018 15:40
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Re: bug#32997: Kodi phones home to check for updates
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Fixed in 2c17bd7b2955beef4130d11b33e07e4fb3b234dc
-- Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> אפרים פלשנרGPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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