Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home
Am Sonntag, den 03.08.2014, 10:22 -0300 schrieb Jesse Smith: Many people requested update checks be enabled by default and, as there is no information sent about you and nothing logged, this cannot be a privacy issue. In some way this circumvents Debian's packaging system. On Debian stable releases, software is *expected* not to get updated and I can imagine that users get annoyed by a message telling about a new upstream release every time they start the game. I also believe that updating the software and even informing users about available software updates should remain the job of the packaging system. - Fabian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home
On 14-08-04 04:23 AM, Fabian Greffrath wrote: Am Sonntag, den 03.08.2014, 10:22 -0300 schrieb Jesse Smith: Many people requested update checks be enabled by default and, as there is no information sent about you and nothing logged, this cannot be a privacy issue. In some way this circumvents Debian's packaging system. On Debian stable releases, software is *expected* not to get updated and I can imagine that users get annoyed by a message telling about a new upstream release every time they start the game. I also believe that updating the software and even informing users about available software updates should remain the job of the packaging system. - Fabian Since Atanks is in maintenance mode at this time, the only software updates from the project are likely to be security updates (which do get applied to Debian). I also think it's a bit of a stretch to call the tiny text at the bottom of the window indicating a new release is available annoying. It doesn't flash or beep or create a pop-up window. If you don't want to know about security updates you can turn off the notification. Jesse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home
On 14-08-02 09:59 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Jesse Smith jessefrgsm...@yahoo.ca (2014-08-02): I am not sure why you would want to disable update notification. I'd call it basic privacy. How is checking for updates a privacy issue? No information about you or your computer or even your installation of Atanks is sent to anyone. All Atanks does to check for an updated version is check the version number of the most recent release on-line. It then compares that release number against the version you have installed. If the on-line version is newer, Atanks displays the update message. On the server side no information is recorded, all the server knows is you downloaded the contents of a text file. And, again, you can disable update checks in the Options screen or by editing your configuration file (located in the ~/.atanks directory). Many people requested update checks be enabled by default and, as there is no information sent about you and nothing logged, this cannot be a privacy issue. Jesse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home
Package: atanks Version: 5.5+dfsg-0.1 Severity: important Hi, just noticed when exiting atanks: | A new version, 6.0, is ready for download. | See http://atanks.sourceforge.net for the latest news and downloads. The code seems to live in src/update.cpp's Get_Latest_Version(), and I'd suggest patching it out for Debian. Mraw, KiBi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home
On 14-08-02 09:13 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Package: atanks Version: 5.5+dfsg-0.1 Severity: important Hi, just noticed when exiting atanks: | A new version, 6.0, is ready for download. | See http://atanks.sourceforge.net for the latest news and downloads. The code seems to live in src/update.cpp's Get_Latest_Version(), and I'd suggest patching it out for Debian. Mraw, KiBi. I am not sure why you would want to disable update notification. Especially with a patch to the source code, that seems overkill. If the message bothers you you could just disable update notifications in the Options menu under the Network category. Alternatively the game could be compiled without the THREADS constant defined in the Makefile, that would disable checks for updates without requiring a patch to the source code. It probably won't have any serious affect on the rest of the game to disable threads either. Threading was mostly just there for generating backgrounds on older computers. However, if Debian really wants the feature disabled in the source code, commenting out file src/atanks.cpp: line: 5437 should do the trick. Jesse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home
Jesse Smith jessefrgsm...@yahoo.ca (2014-08-02): I am not sure why you would want to disable update notification. I'd call it basic privacy. Especially with a patch to the source code, that seems overkill. If the message bothers you you could just disable update notifications in the Options menu under the Network category. Ah, switching from opt-out to opt-in would be an idea. I can't check what happens in the options menu though because I'm getting a segfault. Alternatively the game could be compiled without the THREADS constant defined in the Makefile, that would disable checks for updates without requiring a patch to the source code. It probably won't have any serious affect on the rest of the game to disable threads either. Threading was mostly just there for generating backgrounds on older computers. I noticed the two #ifdef but relying on such side effects is usually quite suboptimal… I'm not the maintainer though. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
