From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Efraim Flashner Subject: bug#32997: Kodi phones home to check for updates Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:48:27 +0300 Message-ID: <20181009094827.GB1127@macbook41> References: <20181009081343.GA1127@macbook41> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52903) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9odW-0003b0-Cz for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:49:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9odT-00076T-43 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:49:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36936) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9odS-00076B-NU for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:49:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g9odS-0003xm-Fi for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:49:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor?= Boskovits Cc: 32997@debbugs.gnu.org --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:43:18AM +0200, G=C3=A1bor Boskovits wrote: > Efraim Flashner ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018= =2E okt. 9., > K, 10:14): >=20 > > I launced kodi for my kids to watch some videos and I got a pop-up > > telling me that 18-beta3 was available for download. We should patch out > > the update checker. > > > > -- > > Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7= =9D =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 > > GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 > > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencry= pted > > >=20 > As a workaround you could try to configure Kodi to not check for updates. > 1.~ From the Kodi home screen click SYSTEM>ADD-ONS>MY ADD-ONS. > 2.~ SERVICES>VERSION CHECK>CONFIGURE. > 3.~ Untick Enable Kodi Version Check>click OK>untick AUTO-UPDATE. > (did not try this myself) > Do you think that modifying the default configuration is enough, or should > we completely remove this functionality? I think it'd be better to completely remove the functionality, there's nothing an end-user can really gain since we've packaged the software. I also think we're due for an update to the package :) --=20 Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D = =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEoov0DD5VE3JmLRT3Qarn3Mo9g1EFAlu8eWgACgkQQarn3Mo9 g1FutBAAvtNyiD4TVqGXtLXabyay5i4PcmQdZqRQ7APLfW9QNnK5JtbCuUcGCFJD J0VOq8DqLp7LuG672eCtrl19/52Nf2OlTqwrw4fsjZMpT+AedO7irsrMCMaIzH1U sEsMr3/VUvShvUpmpNM2VHfw0xfhEpogKu8xLVEMSI90y4k2rf1ghKvb/sikzNul 0vKvD3QN3eZPxXWopLCCZdf0LGRlEMlZbOqokgxkWij6k6G5b8A9+iMolQI/VgYe 4uYXj/nH5UAzNETinQW8t3h+DPM2mvHMDxYI9sXgKhT5l6G8Q60XITlsmASdt9vo 2wiWoR3jk2lgkbMHvBUtD0eOodVPf4XEQp5Sm7E16pKb8wxB1MclcYYgdZ/K9YnP gkThbI2TkDNCTV54dWB9pIiovun61jFadLuKkZim1/xUAklS4FgmTqkOdPyPf/Zk nYMUyrSUKEZwrApYshZ6X7izWjq+srQ3J9vjPu8ByAPI4VuN6WaM5UPSsIpqNwR4 Zvk0yb9+RlG9NfHK2LYpY4WU1EeA+Ji982GVkSDJy7XtHwpkRKWyZuvTevYSbQE0 lAKaKLZXkwcp1c1ER3lkX7Ezq3gbtfB0Z4LIuaTc83tHhN+tdHz78bxdRKmdxdNm qOdmWB27rDBEVqHVNK7yO5B1dKenPYhBQ8dBglfUKi1GYSS/JUE= =9CYN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JYK4vJDZwFMowpUq--