Current version

weedfreak · 11-17-2009, 05:12 AM

Would it be an idea to have a sticky locked thread, the title being Current Calibre version X.X.XX. The post could just contain a link to the D/l site.

Whenever a new update is released the thread title could be updated by a mod so everyone can see the current version.

The reason I suggest it being here is I, like a lot of users, trawl through MR forums most days so would soon find an upgrade is available, I rarely visit the project or wiki pages. I know the program checks for upgrades on startup but I tend to leave it running 24/7 so I do not get the advisories.

itimpi · 11-17-2009, 05:17 AM

A better solution would be to get the main Calibre program to check periodically (probably daily) rather than just at startup if it IS left running 24/7. That would avoid the need to visit the forum to find out.

Calibre already has a scheduler running to handle periodic fetches of news, so adding the version check as another task type to the scheduler should not be that hard.

kovidgoyal · 11-17-2009, 10:18 AM

I could certainly implement a periodic check, however there is an RSS feed with calibre updates available on the website, it would probably be easiest to use that.

In any case, please open a ticket for the periodic check and I'll implement it for the next release.

itimpi · 11-17-2009, 12:30 PM

Ticket created (#4040).

banjomike · 11-17-2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I could certainly implement a periodic check, however there is an RSS feed with calibre updates available on the website, it would probably be easiest to use that.

In any case, please open a ticket for the periodic check and I'll implement it for the next release.

This is the option I use in Firefox: Sitedelta

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4337

Just point it at the webpages you want to monitor and it checks every day/hour/week or whatever. For Calibre I set it to watch: http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/wiki/Changelog
every 4 hours.

It also watches the changelog pages of most of my software. Recommended.

11-17-2009, 05:12 AM	#1
weedfreak Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 185297 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ankh Morpork Device: calibre	Current version Would it be an idea to have a sticky locked thread, the title being Current Calibre version X.X.XX. The post could just contain a link to the D/l site. Whenever a new update is released the thread title could be updated by a mod so everyone can see the current version. The reason I suggest it being here is I, like a lot of users, trawl through MR forums most days so would soon find an upgrade is available, I rarely visit the project or wiki pages. I know the program checks for upgrades on startup but I tend to leave it running 24/7 so I do not get the advisories.

11-17-2009, 05:17 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	A better solution would be to get the main Calibre program to check periodically (probably daily) rather than just at startup if it IS left running 24/7. That would avoid the need to visit the forum to find out. Calibre already has a scheduler running to handle periodic fetches of news, so adding the version check as another task type to the scheduler should not be that hard. Last edited by itimpi; 11-17-2009 at 05:19 AM.

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11-17-2009, 10:18 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I could certainly implement a periodic check, however there is an RSS feed with calibre updates available on the website, it would probably be easiest to use that. In any case, please open a ticket for the periodic check and I'll implement it for the next release.

11-17-2009, 12:30 PM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Ticket created (#4040).