Add 'minimum time between self-updates' option

[thorinii]

When developing, Halcyon checks for updates reasonably often. It'd be nice if there was an option to let it take longer between checking; an hour or so would do. Or every day.

If this happens, Halcyon will probably need another option to force checking, just in case I need that latest update you just pushed.

[thorinii]

In an empty, non-project directory, running time halcyon build for the first time takes 6.2 seconds. The second time takes 0.3.

[mietek]

I agree. The self-update grace period is currently just 1 minute, and should be increased.

@pbrisbin has suggested that self-updating should be disabled by default. I agree with the reasoning, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to provide support without the assumption that everyone is running master.

[thorinii]

I think auto-update should be on by default (particularly for the automated builds) -- you've already got an option to turn them off globally. A self-update grace period option would just make it better.

[AKurilin]

I use tmux very heavily and every time I open a new pane after the 60 seconds timeout, I have a 2-5 sec delay because of the halcyon update. Is this the same issue reported here? Any reason this check can't be significantly more infrequent, maybe 60 mins?

[mietek]

@AKurilin: Yes, the self-update grace period should be increased. Meanwhile, you can change your ~/.bash_profile to disable self-updates:

eval "$( HALCYON_NO_SELF_UPDATE=1 /app/halcyon/halcyon paths )"

In the future, this line will no longer be automatically added to ~/.bash_profile (#46 (comment)).

[mietek]

I’m sorry. This project is no longer maintained.