Bug#756879: atanks: please avoid calling home

[Jesse Smith]

On 14-08-04 04:23 AM, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 03.08.2014, 10:22 -0300 schrieb Jesse Smith: 
>> Many people requested update checks be enabled by default and, as
>> there is no information sent about you and nothing logged, this cannot
>> be a privacy issue.
> 
> In some way this circumvents Debian's packaging system. On Debian
> "stable" releases, software is *expected* not to get updated and I can
> imagine that users get annoyed by a message telling about a new upstream
> release every time they start the game.
> 
> I also believe that updating the software and even informing users about
> available software updates should remain the job of the packaging
> system.
> 
> - Fabian
> 
> 

Since Atanks is in maintenance mode at this time, the only software
updates from the project are likely to be security updates (which do get
applied to Debian). I also think it's a bit of a stretch to call the
tiny text at the bottom of the window indicating a new release is
available "annoying". It doesn't flash or beep or create a pop-up window.

If you don't want to know about security updates you can turn off the
notification.

Jesse