There is an older topic on same problem at: http://groups.google.com/group/gears-users/browse_thread/thread/5d034ac2ba520587/ef4b0dff86dd403e?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=is+bad%3F#ef4b0dff86dd403e, but can't post anymore on it.
I bring this up again, because I am curios if there is something new on Gears to prevent updates when in offline mode. In the new deploy, I migrated all logic with local files uploads (FileSubmiter class) to the new Desktop, Blob and HttpRequest. I have server code backward compatibility and all should work for users that are offline when new version came live. But, if the javascript files will be updated, the old local files taken with FileSubmiter will fail. And it is impossible to migrate the old files stored locally by FileSubmiter to the new Blob format. So, are there any plans to implement something to prevent updates when in offline mode? Solution with the manifest url change is really hacky :(
