Merge pull request #940 from efiop/master

updater improvements

dvc/updater.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Updater(object):
     URL = 'https://4ki8820rsf.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/prod/latest-version'
     UPDATER_FILE = 'updater'
     TIMEOUT = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 #every week
+    TIMEOUT_GET = 10
 
     def __init__(self, dvc_dir):
         self.dvc_dir = dvc_dir
@@ -33,8 +34,10 @@ class Updater(object):
 
             os.unlink(self.updater_file)
 
+        Logger.info('Checking for updates...')
+
         try:
-            r = requests.get(self.URL)
+            r = requests.get(self.URL, timeout=self.TIMEOUT_GET)
             j = r.json()
             latest = j['version']
             open(self.updater_file, 'w+').close()