On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:13:09 +0200
dufriz <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Very few people talk about it and the user community seems to be quite
> >> small.
> >>
> >
> > It's hard to say.  For example, a single download to a professor can, and
> > has, represented
> >
> > dozens or hundreds of users.  This reminds me: Leo should encourage users
> > to send "postcards" to us so that we can have a better idea of who is
> > actually using Leo.
>
> Couldn't you include an automatic update feature into the program, which
> will signal the presence of an instance of Leo being used?

Interesting idea - a good excuse, better than / more likely to be
allowed than a pop-up that just asks for permission to report usage.

Not sure it could be automated - the update installation part - it
would certainly be possible to simply check for newer versions and
report status.

I guess you could check both releases and bzr revision numbers.

Possible output:

  Current version: 4.10a / rev 4325
  Latest: 4.11 / rev 6321
  See http://leoeditor.com/update?ver=410a&rev=4325

or

  Current version: 4.11 / rev 6321
  Latest: 4.11 / rev 7231
  (release up to date, new dev. version avaialble)

http://leoeditor.com/update could be a script which explains the
difference between what the user has (hence the parameters) and what's
out now - although perhaps that's overkill.  It could just be a page
which lists current version and explains update options (snapshot,
etc.).

Cheers -Terry

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