Add note about mplayer2 and backporters.

[youtubedl] / youtube_dl / update.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/update.py b/youtube_dl/update.py
index d8be4049f5dce0fdd9a61f2aff3c4284d494e598..fc7ac8305d71c8cce077ef3040cd0903ac9f09c5 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/update.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/update.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def rsa_verify(message, signature, key):
 def update_self(to_screen, verbose):
     """Update the program file with the latest version from the repository"""
 
-    UPDATE_URL = "http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/"
+    UPDATE_URL = "https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/update/"
     VERSION_URL = UPDATE_URL + 'LATEST_VERSION'
     JSON_URL = UPDATE_URL + 'versions.json'
     UPDATES_RSA_KEY = (0x9d60ee4d8f805312fdb15a62f87b95bd66177b91df176765d13514a0f1754bcd2057295c5b6f1d35daa6742c3ffc9a82d3e118861c207995a8031e151d863c9927e304576bc80692bc8e094896fcf11b66f3e29e04e3a71e9a11558558acea1840aec37fc396fb6b65dc81a1c4144e03bd1c011de62e3f1357b327d08426fe93, 65537)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def update_self(to_screen, verbose):
     # Check if there is a new version
     try:
         newversion = opener.open(VERSION_URL).read().decode('utf-8').strip()
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         if verbose:
             to_screen(compat_str(traceback.format_exc()))
         to_screen('ERROR: can\'t find the current version. Please try again later.')
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def update_self(to_screen, verbose):
     try:
         versions_info = opener.open(JSON_URL).read().decode('utf-8')
         versions_info = json.loads(versions_info)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         if verbose:
             to_screen(compat_str(traceback.format_exc()))
         to_screen('ERROR: can\'t obtain versions info. Please try again later.')