[josm-dev] Feature suggestion "automatic update"

[Shaun McDonald]

On 22 Oct 2007, at 23:27, Michael Kugelmann wrote:

> Hello,
>
> a lot of programs - even from the Open Source area - provide a
> auto-update feature: they check on startup whether a newer version is
> availaable on the net.
> I suggest to include such a feature also in JOSM.

On unix based systems you can even do the update of the .jar for the  
user, if you know the location of the jar.
On Mac OS X, download the new .jar, you would move the current .jar  
to the trash, then move the new jar into the location of the  
current .jar. Finally you would request the user to restart JOSM. (OR  
maybe even manage to do that for the use. I believe that due to the  
way that file handles are done on windows based systems this process  
is actually impossible, and a different method is required.

>
> The following configuration flags in the preferences seem to be
> reasonable for me:
> - auto update: jes/no
> - web address to check for updates
> I would also suggeste a button to force an update manualy.
>
> The manual update forced by the user could also be an alternative  
> if the
> discussion about an automatic update leads to a decission "no".

If the discussion is to have the default as being disabled.

>
-- 
Shaun McDonald
http://shaunmcdonald.me.uk/
http://www.manager-pro.com/en/

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