- Use TXT records in order to determine the latest available version.
- This addresses a valid privacy issue, as with HTTP requests the server
can keep track(estimated) of how many instances are using Forgejo, with
DNS that's basically not possible as the server will never receive any
data, as the only ones receiving data are DNS resolvers.
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[PRIVACY]: Adjust update checker description
- Resolves#323
- Adjust the description of the update check function on the
installation page to describe the privacy method instead of the HTTP
method by checking gitea.io
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Conflicts:
modules/updatechecker/update_checker.go
UpdateRemoteVersion now has a context argument. However, in
the updated code from Gitea the context comes from the HTTP
request and does not actually provide any useful context.
Replace that with context.Background()
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