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Notes on an auto updater:
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steve wants a "latest" symlink so he can always just fetch that.
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roger worries that this will exacerbate the "what version are you
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using?" "latest." problem.
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weasel suggests putting the latest recommended version in dns. then
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we don't have to hit the website. it's got caching, it's lightweight,
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it scales. just put it in a TXT record or something.
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but, no dnssec.
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roger suggests a file on the https website that lists the latest
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recommended version (or filename or url or something like that).
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(steve seems to already be doing this with xerobank. he additionally
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suggests a little blurb that can be displayed to the user to describe
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what's new.)
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how to verify you're getting the right file?
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a) it's https.
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b) ship with a signing key, and use some openssl functions to verify.
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c) both
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andrew reminds us that we have a "recommended versions" line in the
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consensus directory already.
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if only we had some way to point out the "latest stable recommendation"
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from this list. we could list it first, or something.
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the recommended versions line also doesn't take into account which
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packages are available -- e.g. on Windows one version might be the best
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available, and on OS X it might be a different one.
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aren't there existing solutions to this? surely there is a beautiful,
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efficient, crypto-correct auto updater lib out there. even for windows.
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