[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #40285] Community News pane should only access Internet when visible

[Philip Nienhuis]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40285>

                 Summary: Community News pane should only access Internet when
visible
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: philipnienhuis
            Submitted on: Wed 16 Oct 2013 11:45:13 PM CEST
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Other
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Philip Nienhuis
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

(nitty-gritty dept)

Octave's Community News widget tries to access the Internet on each launch of
Octave, even when it isn't visible.

My firewall alarms me consistently for each new Octave build (it apparently
keeps track of executable checksums). Now Octave is of course trusted; but I
think it is better if Octave goes to the Web only if/when explicitly requested
by the user.





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