I'm worried that this check is going to slow down a developer working on a cloned copy. In this case, one is probably not interested in updating. Could this auto-update be turned off by default in all clones?
William Stein wrote: > On 5/18/07, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How would this work? If sagemath was down or there wasn't a net connection >> would there be a weird error? > > No. It would try to contact sagemath once during each 1 week period. If > during that time it found that an upgrade is available, it would mark that > fact > in a file. That file would be printed on startup of SAGE from the command > line. > > If contacting sagemath.org fails after 2 seconds, it would silently fail, > and another attempt wouldn't be made for a week. > > This will set off all kinds of firewall software in some > environments... and rightfully so. > >> Would it confuse users who could not update >> (eg, students using the SAGE notebook in a lab)? > > The message would be invisible to notebook users. (??) > > >> >> >> On 5/18/07, Nick Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> This is a discussion of update/upgrade notification for SAGE for normal >>>> users. >>>> Feel free to read it and share your thoughts. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> Another suggestion I have, automatic notification of major new >>>>> version releases: >>>>> >>>>> Say once a week, when you start SAGE, it checks with the canonical >>>>> SAGE server on the Net and if a significant version (like 2.5) has >>>>> been released, it just says something like "A newer version of SAGE >>>>> with software enhancements, version 2.5, is now available. If you >>>>> have administrative privileges for SAGE you may wish to install it >>>>> with the command "sage -upgrade" from the command line. Note that >>>>> this may take some time, depending on the speed of your computer and >>>>> network connection." >>>> Maybe. I'll running it by sage-devel. One of the things I hate most >>>> about software is stupid frickin' automatic notifications about upgrades... >>>> They drive me crazy. Especially Adobe Acrobat's. >>> One way to make notifications less obtrusive is to make them >>> omnipresent. That is, the banner could always read >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> | SAGE Version 2.5.alpha2, Release Date: 2007-05-02 >>> | Latest version is 2.5.alpha3, type upgrade() to upgrade. >>> | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> While we're at it, maybe the banner should also tell you if you're >>> running a vanilla sage or a hacked sage and maybe what the last hg tag >>> was. >>> >>> Nick >>> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
