Re: [Tails-dev] Recommend add "check for Tails upgrade" in T…

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Autor: boyska
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To: tails-dev
Betreff: Re: [Tails-dev] Recommend add "check for Tails upgrade" in Tails GUI menu
David A. Wheeler via Tails-dev wrote:
>> Hi David! This could be a good trick indeed.
>> But first, some context: have you seen many occurrences of cases in which the automatic check failed to report an upgrade? I understand that this could be the rationale behind your proposal.
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> Yes. It sometimes occurs when the Internet connection happens later, > and it happens if I disconnect & reconnect to the Internet multiple times.
> I *think* it only checks once.


ah! the latter sounds familiar, but the former case is more surprising to me. So thanks for reporting.

> Also, it's nice to be able to force a check at any time.


Sure, but it's also a sign that the other mechanism doesn't really work :)

>> Your proposal would imply a significant change in our current UI (which right now stays silent while checking, and when the check result in no upgrade being found), but might still be worth it.
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> I suggest adding an option "--report-no-upgrade" for "tails-upgrade-frontend-wrapper".
> This option would cause a dismissable display "You are currently running the latest version. There is no upgrade available."
> or similar in such a case (instead of doing nothing).


Make sense, tracking this in https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20639

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boyska (he/him)