Index: src/mainwindow.cpp

===================================================================

--- src/mainwindow.cpp.orig	2017-12-08 13:38:56.944162254 +0100

+++ src/mainwindow.cpp	2017-12-08 13:42:07.385176045 +0100

@@ -2548,9 +2548,9 @@

 void MainWindow::showUpgradePrompt()

 {

-    QAction* action = new QAction(tr("Click here to check for a new version of Shotcut."), 0);

-    connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), SLOT(on_actionUpgrade_triggered()));

-    showStatusMessage(action, 15 /* seconds */);

+    //QAction* action = new QAction(tr("Click here to check for a new version of Shotcut."), 0);

+    //connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), SLOT(on_actionUpgrade_triggered()));

+    //showStatusMessage(action, 15 /* seconds */);

 }

 void MainWindow::on_actionRealtime_triggered(bool checked)

@@ -2909,7 +2909,6 @@

 void MainWindow::on_actionUpgrade_triggered()

 {

     showStatusMessage("Checking for upgrade...");

-    m_network.get(QNetworkRequest(QUrl("http://check.shotcut.org/version.json")));

 }

 void MainWindow::on_actionOpenXML_triggered()

@@ -3041,7 +3040,7 @@

                     m_upgradeUrl = json.object().value("url").toString();

                 showStatusMessage(action, 10 /* seconds */);

             } else {

-                showStatusMessage(tr("You are running the latest version of Shotcut."));

+                showStatusMessage(tr("Use dnf for updates."));

             }

             reply->deleteLater();

             return;

Index: src/src.pro

===================================================================

--- src/src.pro.orig	2017-12-08 13:42:45.581178811 +0100

+++ src/src.pro	2017-12-08 13:44:10.984184995 +0100

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@

 LIBS += -lCuteLogger -lmvcp -lpthread

 isEmpty(SHOTCUT_VERSION) {

-    !win32:SHOTCUT_VERSION = $$system(date "+%y.%m.%d")

+    !win32:SHOTCUT_VERSION = $$_VSTRING

      win32:SHOTCUT_VERSION = adhoc

 }

 DEFINES += SHOTCUT_VERSION=\\\"$$SHOTCUT_VERSION\\\"