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diff --git a/doc/todo/Check_if_an_upgrade_is_available_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c904182f6bff8b1a42070bbc038eb34e._comment b/doc/todo/Check_if_an_upgrade_is_available_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c904182f6bff8b1a42070bbc038eb34e._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..750e3b83a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Check_if_an_upgrade_is_available_in_the_webapp/comment_1_c904182f6bff8b1a42070bbc038eb34e._comment @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.246" + subject="comment 1" + date="2013-11-15T20:51:18Z" + content=""" +I have thought about doing this, especially if there is ever a security hole in git-annex. + +All it needs is a file containing the version number to be written along-side the git-annex build, and git-annex knowing if it was built as a standalone build, and should check that. + +As for actually performing the upgrade: + +* Easy on Linux +* Not sure on OSX.. Is it possible to use hdiutil attach to replace a dmg while a program contained in it is currently running? +* Probably impossible on Android, at least not without using double the space. Probably better to get git-annex into an app store. +* Doable on Windows, but would need git-annex to be distributed in a form that was not a installer.exe. +"""]] |