GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 354433
Add feature to notify user when a new version is available
Last modified: 2007-06-04 18:54:24 UTC
From Cody Hurst via orca-list (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2006-September/msg00025.html): "Just a nice suggestion, there could also be a configuration for a button to download and install the latest release of orca in the prefs box somewhere, so no one has to keep doing ./configure and what not."
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I'm tempted to close this one as NOTGNOME. This kind of functionality probably should be provided by the operating system distribution (e.g., Ubuntu's Update Manager). A counterargument for not closing it might be the example set by Firefox, but I'm not sure we can provide that feature since Orca is often installed in locations that require root privs. Thoughts?
I think this bug should be closed as "won't fix"
One thing we could possibly do is create a very simple script that does the following: 1/ Looks under: http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/ and determines if there are any *.tar.gz entries that have been added in the last <n> days, where n is a configurable option. 2/ If found, then it email details to the user. The email address would also be something that would need to configured on an individual basis. The user can then setup this script to be run once every <n> days in crontab. I do something like this to automatically inform me when new episodes of my favorite TV shows are appearing and when new library books I'm interested in have been ordered by my local library. I already have most of the Python code written (about 100-150 lines). It would be fairly trivial to adjust it to do the above. We could then add the script to the Wiki, and instructions on how to configure it and set it up in crontab.
A couple questions 1. Does any other project that is part of the desktop do this? 2. Is it worth the aditional support cost we would no doubt pay?
> 1. Does any other project that is part of the desktop do this? Not that I know of. > 2. Is it worth the aditional support cost we would no doubt pay? You mean things like answering questions on the Orca mailing lists from user's that haven't read the Orca wiki? Dunno. We include the following in all our Orca source files: # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. That seems like a pretty good get-out-of-jail-free card to me.
We could discuss this one for a while but instead I'll just cast my vote. (smile) My thought is that it isn't worth doing.
Rich and I talked on the phone and he's OK with me closing this one out at WONTFIX. I'll take the responsibility for closing this one and people can yell at me. Thanks!