#20778: Check updates in the background. ----------------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: yawning | Owner: yawning Type: enhancement | Status: accepted Priority: High | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: Yawning201612 | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: ----------------------------------------------+--------------------------
Old description: > Instead of the current logic which is "Check for updates once at launch, > if it has been either over 6 hours since the last successful check OR the > time of last check is in the future.", the update check/update download > should happen every six hours in the background, and the user should be > prompted to restart. > > Full integration into the Tor Browser UI is likely a lot of work, so this > is probably best accomplished by the agent popping up a dialog box when > the update is complete (or using GNotification ~~~and a system tray > icon/menu~~~). New description: Instead of the current logic which is "Check for updates once at launch, if it has been either over 6 hours since the last successful check OR the time of last check is in the future.", the update check/update download should happen every six hours in the background, and the user should be prompted to restart. Full integration into the Tor Browser UI is likely a lot of work, so this is probably best accomplished by the agent popping up a dialog box when the update is complete (or using GNotification ~~~and a system tray icon/menu~~~). Edit: Due to time constraints this ticket primarily concerns background update checks. -- Comment (by yawning): I'm going to go with the contingency plan here, so I can work on other also useful things.. I'll file separate tickets for the background update download and full UI integration. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20778#comment:17> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs