Chocolatey-coreteampackages: (dropbox) Beta builds still being picked up as stable releases

Created on 18 Jun 2017  路  5Comments  路  Source: chocolatey-community/chocolatey-coreteampackages

Seems like the beta builds for dropbox is still being picked up.
I'm thinking the update script should be changed to parse https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Desktop-client-builds/bd-p/101003016
instead of parsing the version from executable returned by https://www.dropbox.com/download?full=1&plat=win

Until this issue have been resolved, I'm stopping the update of the dropbox package.

Bug Up for grabs

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I might have something that will help. I just need to finish up a few things.

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I might have something that will help. I just need to finish up a few things.

@RedBaron2 I've added the Up for grabs label, so if you have the time I/we would very much appreciate a PR.

I've been testing the version of the update that does use the requested html page. The only con to it is that it takes about _3 minutes_ for the function to complete via _Appveyor_. The time via any other windows is only a _0.04 seconds_ at most.
If the time is not a major _constraint_?
I will put in a PR .

Well, it would be preferred to keep the time to a lowest as possible, but if that is what it takes to keep the update script to pick up beta packages, then so be it.
Feel free to open a PR, I won't have a look at it tonight, but I'll take a look at it tomorrow.

I think this issue has to be reopened:
https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-coreteampackages/blob/master/automatic/dropbox/dropbox.json

I'm surprised that the Beta build of Dropbox will be treated as stable. Luckily I recently learnt to identify beta build from the version number when I was hit by the following issue.
Re: Dropbox icon stuck on starting - Dropbox Community - 331778
Beta: xx.3.xx
Stable: xx.4.xx

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