#7747 closed feature request (fixed)
Mac OS X: Use a library such as Sparkle for auto-updates
| Reported by: | SF/cyberskull | Owned by: | sev |
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | Port: Mac OS X |
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| Cc: | Game: |
Description
Sparkle is a handy library used by many Mac OS X applications to perform automatic updates. Sparkle checks the application's website, downloads and updates the application with minimal fuss. I recommend using it or something like it to automatically update ScummVM on Mac OS X.
Website: http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/
Ticket imported from: #2934376. Ticket imported from: feature-requests/563.
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
And of course a similar thing for Linux and Windows would be nice (at least a version check which tells the user to download an upgrade).
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
My understanding of SDL is that it is just a graphics API. I also understand that Sparkle is supposed to run without interacting with the main program except for maybe a control panel to specify update check frequency.
comment:4 by , 8 years ago
| Owner: | set to |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
Use of Sparkle for auto-update was implemented some time ago.
comment:5 by , 6 years ago
| Component: | → Port: Mac OS X |
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Sparkle is a pretty cool library, yeah. Adding support for it would mean adding a Mac OS X specific part to our SDL backend, though. Certainly doable, but quite a bit of work somebody would have to invest.