> > >>>>> On 13 Jan 2004, "Sven" == Sven Neumann wrote: > > Sven> Is there a particular reason you are running such an outdated > version? > > I see this statement a lot - i.e. users using really old versions of Gimp. > > Would it be reasonable/feasible to add a hook into gimp that checks it's > age and gives a warning if it is more than x months old?
For development versions, an automatic check seems to be appropriate. For stable versions, this may be a bit annoying - if such a check is implemented, it should probably be disabled by default. > One implementation would be to check the binary timestamp and if > 3 > months suggest that the user check http://www.gimp.org for updated versions? It should only suggest this if there really is a new version. Note that this may be considered a "phone home" feature, and the last thing The GIMP needs is to be classified as spyware. HTH, Michael -- The GIMP (deutsch): http://www.gimp.de +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ Neu: Preissenkung für MMS und FreeMMS! http://www.gmx.net _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
