[vlc] autoupdater should not hide itself

[Rémi Duraffort]

> when i agree to download update, select "Save" folder - then al  
> update-related windows disappears and it takes about 20 seconds until  
> downoading progress bar appears.
>
> Phenom x 710 is fast enought processors, HDD is rotating - there is no  
> obvious reason for delay.
>
> Overall it looks like something failed and VLC had given up on update.
>
> Probably VLC is going through series of HTTP redirects or creating file  
> for filign it with downoaded contents or whatever.
> Yet it looks very different.
>
> Guess auto-update/downloader process is to be reworked, so that some kind 
> of status/progress window always was visible to user.
I just looked at the source code and VLC try to open the http connection
and then show the progress bar. This can explain what you saw if the
connection timeout.

I will have a look at it to show something before VLC try to connect to
the http server.


Best regards.

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