"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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
