From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Benjamin Riefenstahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#63536: Feature Request Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 15:36:10 +0200 Message-ID: <87sfbs5tpx.fsf@turtle-trading.net> References: <1553770628.2069339.1684237196253.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1553770628.2069339.1684237196253@mail.yahoo.com> <83sfbwz3cp.fsf@gnu.org> <2050007547.2204916.1684290974957@mail.yahoo.com> <83y1lnxlzo.fsf@gnu.org> <1884442844.2472195.1684329429592@mail.yahoo.com> <83bkijxenf.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2388"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2.50 (gnu/linux) To: 63536@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri May 19 15:37:21 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q00IK-0000QE-DD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 19 May 2023 15:37:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q00I5-0006DO-Aw; Fri, 19 May 2023 09:37:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q00I3-0006D2-2V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2023 09:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q00I2-0006mC-Hj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2023 09:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q00I1-00012G-TB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2023 09:37:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Benjamin Riefenstahl Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 13:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 63536 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 63536-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B63536.16845033803930 (code B ref 63536); Fri, 19 May 2023 13:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 63536) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 May 2023 13:36:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55707 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q00HL-00011K-Sw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2023 09:36:20 -0400 Original-Received: from odoacer.turtle-trading.net ([93.241.193.16]:47431) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q00HJ-000115-OF for 63536@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2023 09:36:18 -0400 Original-Received: from zenobia.turtle-trading.net ([192.168.2.111]) by odoacer.turtle-trading.net with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1q00HD-0004pi-54; Fri, 19 May 2023 15:36:11 +0200 Original-Received: from benny by zenobia.turtle-trading.net with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1q00HC-000X21-TX; Fri, 19 May 2023 15:36:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83bkijxenf.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 17 May 2023 16:37:24 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:261997 Archived-At: Hi Eli, Eli Zaretskii writes: > So you want a command to check whether a newer Emacs is available? > But where should this command look? Many (most?) people install > precompiled binaries prepared by their distros, and I assume those > distros have their "check for updates" service or something? > > We could check on the GNU FTP site, but how many users will want to > download and build Emacs from sources? > > What do other people think about this? Since you asked for it ;-): I dislike it when programs annoy me with dialog boxes like that at startup. I start a program because I want to do something that uses it, not to maintain the program. I use Debian and I like working with its package management. It is especially bad when programs tell me they have a new version, but the package manager doesn't actually have it. I also do not always want the latest version of any program in the first place, as long as the current version still does what I want. Regards, benny