[Feature Request] arc update to update the arcCommander

[andreaschrader]

[Enhancement]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A user without a GitHub account asked while using the DataPLANT HUB for an update function for the arcCommander.

Describe the solution you'd like A command to update to the latest version of the arcCommander for the respective OS was suggested ideally placing the new arc.exe where it was located before.

Note There is a subcommand named "update" which seems to update items within an arc and not the arcCommander itself which might be irritating.

[omaus]

Note There is a subcommand named "update" which seems to update items within an arc and not the arcCommander itself which might be irritating.

Yes, this is due to the command's name is arc update, so the "update" refers to the ARC. We would need another name for it. It's also quite difficult to implement into the ArcCommander itself since the executable file cannot be accessed while running but an update functionality would need to replace it. Have to think about it.

[HLWeil]

Thanks for the suggestion. I think the naming isn't the biggest issue. The biggest problem is the digital signing. Currently the ArcCommander is not signed, making it a bit cumbersome to set up on systems with strict security policies, like basically every mac and company computers. Currently, all steps required to execute the ArcCommander on these systems would have to be applied again when downloading a new executable. So I think we should wait with this update functionality until we can sign our software.