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Rockbox Utility - Check for update

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Revenger:
Using rockbox utility today on my ipod I had no idea that there was a update till it I looked at themes and saw a user message for updating the utility.

If it wasn't for that I would have had no idea that there was a update to the utility.

The utility needs to check and automatically update to a new version of itself on load and also have in the about tab a check for update link.

If it can check for the latest rockbox version its obvious it should be able to check and update to a new utility version.

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: Revenger on April 28, 2009, 03:30:52 AM ---Using rockbox utility today on my ipod I had no idea that there was a update till it I looked at themes and saw a user message for updating the utility.
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The release has been made just two days ago so it's quite new.


--- Quote ---The utility needs to check and automatically update to a new version of itself on load and also have in the about tab a check for update link.
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No, it does not need to. It would be a useful feature however (and I'd like to get that done eventually). But as the releases for Rockbox are done in a different way than the releases for Rockbox Utility this needs some extra work.

Bagder:

--- Quote from: bluebrother on April 28, 2009, 12:35:35 PM ---. It would be a useful feature however (and I'd like to get that done eventually). But as the releases for Rockbox are done in a different way than the releases for Rockbox Utility this needs some extra work.

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Perhaps it could start with first checking for a newer version and just tell the user about it?

We could easily just host a specific URL somewhere with "latest version number", or whatever.

Llorean:
Maybe instead of RBUtil checking for a newer version on its own, just 'piggyback' it with any online operation. So if the user tries to install a new build that requires a download, or what not, the first step is always "check if RBUtil is the newest version", and give the user a warning if it's not.

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: Bagder on April 28, 2009, 04:38:18 PM ---We could easily just host a specific URL somewhere with "latest version number", or whatever.

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Sure, though I'd like to avoid having yet-another-file to maintain. It's not that updates coming too often, though. I had various ideas how to figure the most recent version, but as I'm currently working on other (IMO more important) things this has to wait. It's on my todo list :)

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