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Fetch news from remmina.org optional

Antenore Gatta (tmow) requested to merge feat/961501-deb-nonews into master

This patch add a compile flag, -DWITH_NEWS that can be set to OFF to disable the changelog fetching from remmina.org.

The UI elements are updated to show a placeholder text and disclaimers.

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The "Fetch news from remmina.org" switch is disabled and cannot be changed when WITH_NEWS=OFF

This should fix https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=961501

Tests

  • News are disabled at compile time.
    • Clean installation test.
    • Existing installation.
    • +7 days tests, the news widget should not start.
    • Remmina preferences are write protected.
  • News are disabled at compile time.
    • Clean installation test.
    • Existing installation.
    • +7 days tests, the news widget should show up if there's a new version.
    • Remmina preferences are write protected.
Edited by Antenore Gatta (tmow)

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