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Old 09-03-2014, 08:27 PM   #1
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disable internet connection

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.

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Old 09-03-2014, 08:44 PM   #2
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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.)



If updates are turned off, it will not even check. Updates are checked here which calls the code here which says:
Code:
if not opts.no_update_check:
     self.update_checker = CheckForUpdates(self)
calling the update checker only if
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no_update_check False 
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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
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Thank you so much! Finally a real answer!

I will check the code.
Greetings!
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Old 09-03-2014, 10:53 PM   #5
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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?
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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!
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Old 09-05-2014, 03:39 PM   #7
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The problem with doing this via the code is that you'll have to do it every single time you update Calibre.
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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.
    Code:
    git commit --all --message="my changes/commit message"
  3. In future, update the source checkout with the rebase switch:
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    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.

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Old 09-05-2014, 04:57 PM   #9
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Nope, I've not used version control with Github.
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