[Libreoffice] Check for updates uses keep-alive / impacts the server (opengrok, tinderbox..)

[Jonathan Aquilina]

On 17/01/2012 11:30, Pedro wrote:
> Jonathan Aquilina wrote
>>> IMO polling at intervals is also overkill (both for the user and for the
>>> servers). LO should have an option to Check at startup or Check manually
>>> (which disables automatic checking)
>> I think the best solution set it to poll once a week, and we must ensure
>> though that connections get closed once the polling to see if a newer
>> version is available is complete.
>>
> My previous suggestion was not so good. "Check at startup" could make it
> check several times per day (depending on user habits). Check once a week is
> good enough for regular users but is bad for anxious users :)
>
> "Check daily" (with a saved flag) seems like the best option.
There could be 3 options for this

check daily, weekly, and monthly or disable the checks all together.