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Re: Re: TortoiseSVN Upgrade Check

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:20:24 -0400

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com> wrote:

> > > Check out this in the doc:
> > >
> > > http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-admins-
> > upgradecheck.html
> > >
> > > You can use Windows Domain policy to push this setting to all the
> users PCs...
> > or you can modify the d/l-ed MSI and add the registry creation to it
> before
> > providing the .msi to your users.
> > >
> > > BOb
> >
> > Yes, I have seen this doc, but on my PC I can’t find this registry key
> listed. Is it a
> > new key that we should manually add?
> >
> > Also, I don’t want it to go to any URL (intranet or extranet). Can I set
> this key
> > with any empty/blank value so it won’t go anywhere to check? Or just
> enter a
> > bogus URL in the key?
>
> So, how will you notify all your users to update to the next version. If
> you control the version check all you have to do is tell you users to
> always upgrade when they are told there is a new version. Then, you or
> whomever, control the version that the URL reports.
>
>
Just because you tell people to upgrade, it doesn't mean that they WILL
upgrade. It's also possible that they don't have sufficient permissions to
perform the upgrade themselves.

One could always push the new version out via various Windows management
tools, thus forcing the upgrade upon them simultaneously (more or less).

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