2015-04-08, 10:47
Not sure how well this will work with portable setups
2015-04-08, 13:24
Quote: Not sure how well this will work with portable setupsI don't think it will be a big deal. The updater will put the fetched files to current path (-p change the current path to portable data folder path)
2015-04-08, 13:39
No its even more trivial. The updater will fetch the setup, close kodi, run setup ... so not sure if this will help in the "exhausting" use case...
2015-04-08, 13:45
i totally don't understand why you are even using 7zip for extracting and whatever you are doing.
just run the setup and done.
just run the setup and done.
2015-04-08, 22:38
I don't even understand why we need such an updater.
1 major -> plus 1-2 minor releases within ~12 months.
I can already see people complaining about "how to roll back, my skin/addon/feature/settings/configuration/databases/whatever isn't working anymore".
To be honest, I hope this winsparkle update feature can be disabled or is disabled by default. Or get this functionality directly in Kodi as a simple "yes/no" dialog.
In my case, my HTPC is running Kodi as shell replacement, windows updates are disabled by default and it's completely controlled with a remote. It always annoys me if some software/driver package starts displaying update notifications and I have to get up to take the keyboard/mouse to close that damn dialogs.
I mean.. the idea about a more user friendly update system isn't bad. But please don't forget that 90% of all people just want a working device and they have no idea what they are doing if they press "yes, please update". Especially the common Windows user
1 major -> plus 1-2 minor releases within ~12 months.
I can already see people complaining about "how to roll back, my skin/addon/feature/settings/configuration/databases/whatever isn't working anymore".
To be honest, I hope this winsparkle update feature can be disabled or is disabled by default. Or get this functionality directly in Kodi as a simple "yes/no" dialog.
In my case, my HTPC is running Kodi as shell replacement, windows updates are disabled by default and it's completely controlled with a remote. It always annoys me if some software/driver package starts displaying update notifications and I have to get up to take the keyboard/mouse to close that damn dialogs.
I mean.. the idea about a more user friendly update system isn't bad. But please don't forget that 90% of all people just want a working device and they have no idea what they are doing if they press "yes, please update". Especially the common Windows user
2015-04-09, 00:27
Yes, you can totally disable it and it won't update in any situation without the user being asked at least once.
2015-04-09, 01:53
My opinion of the updater is that it'll be useful for our switch to a more rapid, reduced change update system, and hopefully cut down on fragmentation a bit. Helping people that are still running Frodo can be a bit irritating over time. With that said, like everything else in Kodi, users can and should be able to easily opt out of automatic updates.
2015-04-09, 08:50
Yes it will be an option but sualfred will get annoyed once (at the very first time he will be asked if he wants to enable auto update checking - with a native windows dialog i can't suppress)...
2015-04-09, 22:37
I won't get annoyed if the update-is-available-notification isn't a Windows dialog 
With an internal Kodi yes/no dialog I can close it with my remote wihtout having to get up to search for an keyboard/mouse. Lazy, I know
With an internal Kodi yes/no dialog I can close it with my remote wihtout having to get up to search for an keyboard/mouse. Lazy, I know
2015-04-10, 12:10
As i wrote - "with a native windows dialog i can't suppress" ... but only once in life - at least until you reinstalled windows (flag will be saved in the registry).
