https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95893
Bug ID: 95893
Summary: Automatic update check entangled with manual update
check feature
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 5.0.3.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
This is an enhancement request:
PROBLEM:
During installation, in Custom Setup, there is a feature listed called "Online
Update" which is described as "Get automatically notified when a new update of
LibreOffice becomes available."
Some users such as myself do not want software to automatically call home all
the time (or when you run it, or at whatever frequency the program is going to
do it, which based on the above description is unknown to the user) to check
for updates.
But they *do* want the ability to manually check for updates.
The problem is, during installation, the only apparent way to prevent Libre
Office from automatically checking for updates is to Not install the "Online
Update" feature. But, when you do that, the program not only removes the
automatic update feature, it also removes the manual check feature.
If you use typical install or choose to install the "Online Update" feature
during a custom install, then yes, you can go into Tools, Options, Libre
Office, Online Update, and turn off automatic updates, and you will still be
able to manually check for updates by going to Help, Check for Updates.
But the user does not know that during the install, and in this case they will
never know it because by not installing the Online Update feature, those two
menu sections won't be available.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION IDEA 1:
In the installer, change "Online Update" feature to "Automatic Update". Then,
have it so that even if the user does not install that feature, Manual update
checks will *always* be available in the Help, Check for Updates menu - there's
no reason to ever not have that feature since it is manual.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION IDEA 2:
Just change the Feature Description in the installer to say something like
"Automatic and/or Manual checking for new versions of Libre Office (automatic
updates can still be disabled even if you install this feature)"
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