Cxbx-reloaded: At some interval, when new build is available, show that in a GUI popup

[AzurikRiseOfPerathia]

GOAL

• Which consists of a dialogue box to update the emulator per week (DOLPHIN way without copying)

[gandalfthewhite19890404]

Its unneccesary, you can easily get latest development build, and making stable-build every week too diffucult - do you remenber how long was freezing 0.1 stable?

[AzurikRiseOfPerathia]

I am talking about minor updates. as on Appveyor. an exit every Sunday comes out for example.

[CakeLancelot]

There's not much point, since Appveyor will build as soon as a commit is made or a PR is opened.

[PatrickvL]

Could it be that the opening post proposes that a dialog is added to Cxbx-Reloaded GUI, which notifies the end user once a week when a new build is available?

[RadWolfie]

Honestly, I don't like "phone home" on any unofficial programs even for experimental build too.

I believe there is a policy in some countries for not allowing to "phone home" similar way of auto-subscribe to email for certain countries. Unless user themselves are aware want to subscribe/check for update.

If include an option via GUI to turn it on (disable by default), then I am fine with it.

A suggestion of GUI options would be:

• Disable update check
• Check stable build (master branch)
• Check experimental build (develop branch)

[PatrickvL]

Alternatively, we could add just a menu item to open the download page, without any automation or schedule. Let the user choose when to select it.