[Sparkle] Where is SUCheckAtStartup?

[Andy Matuschak]

The current default behavior is as follows:

> I recently realized that checking on startup behavior is basically  
> equivalent to and better than a check interval of something like a  
> day. So there's no more SUCheckAtStartup. Now it's all just check  
> intervals. The default is a day, which will pretty much preserve  
> whatever behavior you had before.
>
> Also, I don't like the very first thing I see when I launch a new  
> app to be "can I check for updates plz?". Sparkle won't ask for  
> permission until the second launch now.

But I want to make this behavior flexible—the delegation stuff in the  
other thread will help with that.

- Andy Matuschak

On Feb 12, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Rob Napier wrote:

> Cool, thanks. Do you have a quick rundown of what the new setup will  
> be? I need some of this in the near-term, so I'm happy to provide  
> patches that align with your direction.
>
> -Rob
>
> On Feb 12, 2008 4:41 PM, Andy Matuschak <andy at andymatuschak.org>  
> wrote:
> You're right, I changed around the whole first-launch thing and  
> didn't add that back yet. I'll get to it soon...
>
> - Andy Matuschak
>
> On Feb 12, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Rob Napier wrote:
>
>> But it appears that now there's no way to set this in Info.plist.  
>> Specifically, there's no way I see to prevent the "do you want to  
>> update" box from popping up.
>>
>> This patch might help, but I'm not certain this is the best  
>> solution. I want to control the interaction and not have Sparkle  
>> pop up during launch for this product. What I really need in this  
>> product is a version that has no Sparkle updating (Sparkle can  
>> ship, but it should do absolutely nothing), and a different version  
>> that has mandatory, synchronous (the user waits until it's done)  
>> upgrading.
>>
>> In a different product, I would really like to get back to Sparkle  
>> popping up on the first launch. As has been discussed before, I  
>> want to make sure that the user has the most up-to-date software  
>> during his first experience.
>>
>> Thoughts? Since r81, Sparkle actually seems to be reducing its  
>> flexibility somewhat, and I don't think that's the intent.
>> -Rob
>>
>> Index: SUUpdater.m
>> ===================================================================
>> --- SUUpdater.m    (revision 123)
>> +++ SUUpdater.m    (working copy)
>> @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
>>
>>  - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)note
>>  {
>> +    // If the author has turned off automatic checks in  
>> Info.plist, get out of here.
>> +    if ([hostBundle  
>> objectForInfoDictionaryKey:SUEnableAutomaticChecksKey] &&
>> +        [hostBundle  
>> objectForInfoDictionaryKey:SUEnableAutomaticChecksKey] == NO)  
>> { return; }
>> +
>>      // If the user has been asked about automatic checks and said  
>> no, get out of here.
>>      if ([[SUUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]  
>> objectForKey:SUEnableAutomaticChecksKey] &&
>>          [[SUUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]  
>> boolForKey:SUEnableAutomaticChecksKey] == NO) { return; }
>>
>>
>> On Feb 3, 2008 1:50 PM, Andy Matuschak <andy at andymatuschak.org>  
>> wrote:
>> Oh, but it also doesn't exist anymore in trunk. I merged the whole
>> check at startup and time interval thing into just automatic checks.
>> There's more information in the commit logs or on the list here, but
>> the new default you want to bind that to is SUEnableAutomaticChecks.
>>
>> - Andy Matuschak
>>
>> On Feb 3, 2008, at 4:30 AM, Uli Kusterer wrote:
>>
>> > On 03.02.2008, at 00:37, William Zumwalt wrote:
>> >> I've got sparkle installed, and added a checkbox to to my
>> >> preferences panel. Now I'm trying to bind it to the  
>> SUCheckAtStartup
>> >> method which I do not see.
>> >
>> >
>> >  It's not a method, it's a key in your application's plist. Use
>> > NSUserDefaults.
>> >
>>
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