From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor?= Boskovits Subject: bug#32997: Kodi phones home to check for updates Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:43:18 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20181009081343.GA1127@macbook41> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f4210f0577c891ae" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9oYf-0002dZ-On for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:44:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9oYc-0001v2-0H for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:44:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36929) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9oYb-0001uu-RA for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:44:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g9oYb-0003qN-O3 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:44:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20181009081343.GA1127@macbook41> 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: Efraim Flashner Cc: 32997@debbugs.gnu.org --000000000000f4210f0577c891ae Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Efraim Flashner ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018. = okt. 9., K, 10:14): > 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 unencrypt= ed > 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? --000000000000f4210f0577c891ae Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


Efraim Flashner <efr= aim@flashner.co.il> ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018. okt. 9., K, 1= 0:14):
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.

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Efraim Flashner=C2=A0 =C2=A0<efraim@flashner.co.il>=C2=A0 =C2=A0=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=C2=A0 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351
Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted=

As a workaround you could try to confi= gure Kodi to not check for updates.
1.~ From the Kodi home screen= click SYSTEM>ADD-ONS>MY ADD-ONS.
2.~ SERVICES>VERSION C= HECK>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?
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