Um, auto-update sounds like a terrible feature. Have it nag, but having it install by default is a recipe for disaster. Users HATE userspace apps doing things without their consent. Worse, it could get the client misidentified as malware. Jeffrey. On 7/10/07, Zach <netrek at gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah, you can even add an auto-update feature that would be on my > default but can be turned off. Each time a player starts the client it > will check if a new update is available and if so it will be > automatically downloaded and installed and will preserve any client > settings the user set already. > > Zach > > On 7/10/07, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 06:55:37PM +0200, Narcis wrote: > > > > > > Amen, maybe the app should check for updates, but i need to figure > > > out how. > > > > Simplest way is to do a dns lookup to a specific nameserver, > > looking for a TXT resource record, the contents of which > > is the revision number of the current version. If the > > returned RR does not equal the version of the client the > > current user is running, pop up a window letting them know > > a new version is available, and possibly do an in-line update > > if the user wants. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > netrek-dev mailing list > netrek-dev at us.netrek.org > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/mailman/listinfo/netrek-dev > -- "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.us.netrek.org/pipermail/netrek-dev/attachments/20070710/1e4e25b4/attachment.htm