Libation asked GitHub for a newer release every time it started, with no way
to stop it. That is noise for anyone whose install is updated by something
else - a package manager, or an AppImage updater - because the prompt it
raises is one they can do nothing useful with.
Add CheckForUpgradesAtStartup, on by default so nothing changes for people
who rely on the prompt. Only the automatic check is optional: the About
window's "Check for Upgrade" button and the CLI's `version --check` ask for a
check outright, so they run either way. That is why the setting is read in a
new CheckForUpgradeAtStartupAsync rather than inside CheckForUpgradeAsync,
which the startup path and the About button share.
The new setting takes the slot of BetaOptIn, which is deleted here. It was
declared, described and logged, but no axaml or designer ever bound it and
nothing read the value: GetLatestRelease only ever asks for the stable
release, so there was no beta channel for it to select. A stale BetaOptIn key
in an existing Settings.json needs no migration, since PersistentDictionary
ignores keys with no matching property.
Closes#1999
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Classic's upgrade dialog has a single line above the release notes box, so the
full explanation would have rendered on top of them. Carry both a one-line
summary and the full text, and let each UI take the one it has room for.
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An in-app upgrade overlays files Windows has never seen. Smart App Control
blocks unsigned files it does not recognise, so upgrading in place under
enforcement is precisely how a working install becomes one that cannot start,
which is what #1873, #1876 and #1967 all describe.
Read VerifiedAndReputablePolicyState under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy
to find out. The read needs no elevation and cannot raise a UAC prompt: UAC
prompts only on an explicit elevation request, and HKLM is readable by standard
users. Only the value 1 counts as enforcing. A missing key, a missing value, or
anything unrecognised counts as not enforcing, because the cost of guessing
wrong is telling someone to disable Smart App Control, which cannot be undone,
on a PC that was never blocking anything.
When enforcing, the upgrade notification becomes a notice with the download
link instead of an update prompt, and the flow stops before downloading even if
a UI ignores that. Classic honoured no such flag at all, so its dialog now takes
one; its two prompt labels had to be promoted from designer locals to fields to
carry the explanation.
The blocked-file dialog now states the setting it found rather than asking the
user to go and look, and startup logs the state, the install folder, and any
cloud sync root containing it, so a report answers these without a round trip.
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