disable internet connection

[Hedgepig]

Hello everyone!
english is not my native language, so please forgive any 'strange expressions'.

i just installed calibre, and as i usually do with a new software, I check 'options' to switch off all automatic internet connections.

-I switched off "tell about new versions"
-and off with "metadata sources"

Does anyone know, if calibre will still look for new versions and just don't tell me?

How can I disable this statistic-thingy?
status.calibre-ebook.com/

Is there any transfer between my reader and the internet while calibre is running and the reader is connected to the comp?


PS: I know that nowadays its pretty normal to make a data-strip. Evryone who wants that..ok. Please accept that i see it different. Pleasepleaseplease no debate on principals. I'm very frustrated from other forums, and I just dont want to justify again. Sorry to sound a bit harsh but i just want to control my data-upload without "hoooo, she fears cia!"-sayings.

Jimmina

[eschwartz]

I am unsure how to turn off the usage statistic collection. There is no option I am aware of, but you can run from source and edit the code where it does the connection. (I did not figure out where, but I haven't really looked.)

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If updates are turned off, it will not even check. Updates are checked here which calls the code here which says:

if not opts.no_update_check:
     self.update_checker = CheckForUpdates(self)

calling the update checker only if

PHP Code:

no_update_check = False 


[PeterT]

Set your firewall to disallow calibre internet access?

Add an entry to your local hosts file to point status.calibre-ebook.com to 127.0.0.1

[Hedgepig]

Thank you so much! Finally a real answer!

I will check the code.
Greetings!

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Set your firewall to disallow calibre internet access?

Add an entry to your local hosts file to point status.calibre-ebook.com to 127.0.0.1

I'm overthinking things, aren't I?

[Hedgepig]

hey,
so i looked verrry motivated at the calibre-develop page and it took 30 secs and I was overwhelmed hahaha
so i downloaded fwbuilder, and it took -hmmmm- 40 secs...and overwhelmed again.

but no worries, I won't bother you. I finally asked my man (what i wanted to avoid...).
He took a look at your replies and he loves the idea of PeterT! And as soon I understood that idea I like it as well
But still we will work through the code, just to see what else internet connections there might be.
Thank you so far!

[JSWolf]

The problem with doing this via the code is that you'll have to do it every single time you update Calibre.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem with doing this via the code is that you'll have to do it every single time you update Calibre.

Wrong. Steps are as follows:

1. Make changes.
   
2. committing the change tracks it to preserve even after downloading other peoples' changes.
   

   git commit --all --message="my changes/commit message"

3. In future, update the source checkout with the rebase switch:
   

   git pull --rebase

Either way, you'd have to pull the changes. Rebasing them preserves local commits, which is nicer than seeing a merge conflict. (Instant panic while people new to version control wonder what to do.)

@JSWolf, have you used version control before?
If not, remember that assumptions are not always wise.
If yes, why not give a fair explanation, rather than oversimplifying? How are people supposed to learn?


There are better reasons not to use the code... like using firewalls for what they are meant for.

[JSWolf]

Nope, I've not used version control with Github.