EHC ❯ Turn off update checks by default

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: 2 Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: ehcache-core
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• Assignee: prodmgmt
• Reporter: mraible
• Created: November 04, 2009
• Votes: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Updated:

  January 15, 2010
• Resolved:

  December 01, 2009

Description

I noticed the following log message when running a JUnit test with the latest EhCache in AppFuse.

Nov 4, 2009 1:17:40 PM net.sf.ehcache.util.UpdateChecker checkForUpdate WARNING: Update check failed: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://svn.terracotta.org/svn/tc/update-checker/ehcache-update-list.properties

IMO, I think the UpdateChecker should be turned off by default. Most developers know when they need to upgrade. If they don’t, make it a configurable option. Opt-in is always better than opt-out.

Comments

Alex Miller 2009-11-04

Just FYI, we have made that WARNING message into a DEBUG message for the next release already so a failed update check isn’t as visible.

Alex Miller 2009-12-01

There are currently two ways to turn off the update check:

• In the ehcache.xml with ...
• With a system property: -Dnet.sf.ehcache.skipUpdateCheck=true

We’ve also dialed down the warning message into a DEBUG message.