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Support notification on pwsh startup for new updates
daxian-dbw Mar 24, 2019
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Fix typo -- Non-Goals
SteveL-MSFT Mar 25, 2019
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Fix typo -- per day
SteveL-MSFT Mar 25, 2019
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Update to be more accurate on the implementation
daxian-dbw Mar 28, 2019
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Address comments, update according to the implementation
daxian-dbw Oct 3, 2019
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Update RFC with the new environment variable settings
daxian-dbw Oct 28, 2019
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Update the RFC based on the implementation
daxian-dbw Nov 20, 2019
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Minor update
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daxian-dbw Feb 4, 2020
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Address comment
daxian-dbw Feb 5, 2020
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Prepare RFC0052 (update notifications) for merging as Final
joeyaiello Feb 19, 2020
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- how to synchronize update checks from different processes of the same version `pwsh` so that at most only one can run to complete during a day
- how to do the update check
- how to display the notification
- how to control the update notification behavior using an environment variable

#### When to do the update check

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- If a file path is returned, then get the version information from the file name.
- Use that version to construct the notification message, including the URL to that GitHub release page.

#### How to control the update notification behavior using an environment variable

The environment variable `POWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK` will be introduced to control the behavior of the update notification feature.
The environment variable supports 3 values:

- `Default`. This gives you the default behaviors:
- `pwsh` of preview versions check for the new preview version as well as the new GA version.
- `pwsh` of GA versions check for the new GA version only.

- `Off`. This turns off the update notification feature.

- `LTS`. `pwsh` of both preview and stable versions check for the new LTS GA version only.

## Alternate Proposals and Considerations

When thinking about how to reduce unnecessary update checks,
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