Il 11/12/2016 20:44, Илья Шипицин ha scritto: > Hello, > > as we release new versions of openvpn installer, there are at least two > "channels" > > a) beta > b) stable > > should we also host some rss/atom feed with the most recent versions of > 2 channels ? > > so, that openvpn-gui could check "for updates" > also, there's an exception for WinXP (which I've no idea what to do with). > > it will help users to understand "new version is released, probably I > should upgrade".
Notifying the user would probably be ok, and for that we'd need some feed. The feed could be much simpler than RSS/Atom, if only machines would read it. That said, I think Windows application auto-updaters are very distracting, and I would prefer to publish new OpenVPN Windows packages in a Chocolatey repository: <https://chocolatey.org/> Chocolatey, as "apt-get for Windows", would take care of OpenVPN upgrades in a clean and non-intrusive fashion. It also removes the need to reinvent the wheel in form of an auto-update daemon. Cholatey is not just a random third-party application for managing packages for Windows. It is also pluggable as a provider to a more generic Microsoft framework for managing package managers called OneGet. For details, look here: <https://github.com/OneGet/oneget> >https://chocolatey.org/faq> <http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AptGetForWindowsOneGetAndChocolateyOnWindows10.aspx> One can use Chocolatey standalone, or use it as a OneGet package provider. We could possibly integrate Chocolatey setup with the standalone Windows installers as opt-in. Anyways, after OpenVPN 2.4.0 is out, I will setup a Chocolatey repository for OpenVPN snapshot packages and see how it works. That will enable the more adventurous Windows users to live on the very edge with minimal manual effort. It will also enable us to automate Windows snapshot testing with openvpn-windows-test[1]. Samuli [1] <https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-windows-test> > > it is great amount of work, I think we can schedule it after 2.4 > > Cheers, > Ilya Shipitsin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-devel mailing list > Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
