Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee updates

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2011/10/6 Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz gmail com>:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Gitfid <therealguitarman gmail com> wrote:
>> I think it would be useful to include a way to update the application from
>> one of the menus inside of Banshee.
>> Not a high priority, but a nice feature that many not so keen users would
>> enjoy.
>
> This is already implemented for Windows : The action is in the Help
> menu, and the check should also be done on startup.
> Code here :
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/banshee/tree/src/Backends/Banshee.Windows/Banshee.Windows/VersionUpdater.cs
>
> As mentioned by Nelson, I don't think this would make sense on Linux,
> except maybe for our "one file bundle". And I don't know how updates
> are usually done on OS X, through the AppStore these days I guess ?

Currently we have no update mechanism on OS X. The best option would
be to get Banshee into the App Store but that would require a lot of
work. E.g. from November all applications in there must sandbox
themselves and there are a number of other requirements. I would love
to see Banshee in there but I have no idea where to even start, I fear
it would require some reworking of Banshee itself.

On OS X the state is right now best described as runs unless you poke
it with a cursor. There is a lot of work left to do. So anyone with
more knowledge of OS X than me (who has only recently gotten his first
Mac) would be more than welsome to comment and contribute. I haven't
even figured out the Mac equaliant to running banshee --debug yet, it
is such as a backwards system coming from a decade on Linux.

- David