* Christoph Berg <m...@debian.org> [2020-06-02 23:23 +0200]: > Package: alsa-utils > Version: 1.2.2-1 > Severity: serious > > Hi, > > I just launched alsa-info and was surprised that it presented me with > this popup box: > > ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ > │ Newer version of ALSA-Info has been │ > │ found │ > │ │ > │ Do you wish to download it? │ > ├───────────────────────────────────────┤ > │ < Yes > < No > │ > └───────────────────────────────────────┘ > > Note that this box comes before it asks if the generated report should > be uploaded somewhere. > > I don't think it is appropriate for a simple CLI utility to call home > without asking first.
What do you mean with "call home"? There is indeed a new version available in [0] and [1]. It will be contributed witch the next release of alsa-utils. So what makes this "bug" serious? [0] https://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-utils.git;a=history;f=alsa-info/alsa-info.sh [1] https://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-utils.git;a=summary Elimar -- Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads ;-)