https://bugs.gpodder.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1730
--- Comment #17 from chris <[email protected]> 2013-01-08 19:21:21 GMT --- (In reply to comment #16) > (In reply to comment #15) > > It might be time to think about removing the patch (bug #107) that caused > > all > > these issues with the various directory structures and availabilty of > > software > > in unix based operating systems. > > > > There are many web based unix apps that won't run properly offline. Why does > > gPodder have this requirement? > > ..because people complained about gPodder not working when in reality they > were > offline. Also, when automated feed updates are enabled, we need to distinguish > between "Update failed because we could not connect" (in that case, show an > error notification) and "Update failed because there is no connection" (in > that > case, avoid the error notification). > > To fix the issue when ifconfig is not available, you can run > util.find_command('ifconfig') and if it returns None, then fallback to the ip > command or something. > > Also, we might want to have a configuration option that disables this check > (but I'd still enable the configuration option just to be on the safe side). > Would a configuration option (editable via "gpo set" on the command line or > via > the advanced configuration editor in the GUI) work for you? I think that would work very well for desktops, where the user is most likely to be online by default and depending on the flavour of linux they are using, might receive an error message saying there is no network connection found when, in reality, one exists or gpodder may not run at all. Both the Salix and Slackware packages have been patched via their build scripts to work with version 3.4.0 and there was never a problem with Arch or Debian and version 3.4.0, though there seems to be an issue with the new patched version on Debian. Being able to opt out of the network checking via the advanced configuration editor in the GUI, could solve any distribution related issues with upcoming release an also allow phone and desktop users to run gpodder while offline. I maintain the Salix, Slackware and Arch packages. I took over Greg Fitzgerald's AUR submission, as he no longer uses Arch. I can test upcoming releases by checking out copies from the master branch and adjust build scripts for Salix Slackware and Arch as necessary. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.gpodder.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ gPodder-Bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-bugs
