If the program on startup finds a valid Internet connection, then check for an update automatically. If one is available, download it, or at least supply a link to the file, and THEN allow the user to install (or delete) it as they feel. Make it keep bugging the user on startup of WSJTx until the update is done. Most software I use has this kind of feature.
If the Internet is not available, allow the software to run as always, but put up a warning that suggests the user check the website for an update. This notice could happen on a weekly or even monthly schedule, or until the Internet is restored. Or they could then use another computer with Internet access, to download the software and install it on the one without Internet. As was found with v1.9.1 expiring, many users downloaded it way back or maybe had someone else install it for them and don't have a clue where to check for updates. An update link in the About box would be very helpful for those that forget where it came from. WB5JJJ - George On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 6:59 AM Onno Benschop <o...@itmaze.com.au> wrote: > Backwards compatibility is a thing ... > > Also, if the new version of the software knows how to decode an older > encoding, you already have an implied version number. > > It's not like this takes eons to decode, nothing wrong with trying several > times, newest version first, next version next and so on. > -- > finger painting on glass is an inexact art - apologies for any errors in > this scra^Hibble > > ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. > > On Fri., 10 May 2019, 16:11 Reino Talarmo, <reino.tala...@kolumbus.fi> > wrote: > >> Hi Onno, >> >> >A better idea is to include a protocol version number in the QSO >> information, that way both sides have a chance to alert the operator. >> >> >> >> A nice idea, but that information needs to be sent using the lower layer >> of the previous protocol version…. >> >> 73, Reino, oh3ma >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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