feat(gui,core): opt-in check for new releases

Preferences gets a switch that asks GitHub once a day for the latest
release and shows a banner over the sidebar when it is newer. Off by
default. Packages whose package manager brings updates install the
marker share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates, which hides the switch.

Refs #42

packaging/aur/proton-drive-for-linux-bin/PKGBUILD

@@ -65,4 +65,7 @@ package() {
   cp -r --no-preserve=ownership "$srcdir/locale" "$pkgdir/usr/share/locale"
 
   install -Dm644 "$srcdir/LICENSE-$pkgver" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
+
+  # pacman brings new releases, so the app never checks for them itself.
+  install -Dm644 /dev/null "$pkgdir/usr/share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates"
 }

packaging/aur/proton-drive-for-linux-git/PKGBUILD

@@ -83,4 +83,7 @@ package() {
 
   install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
   install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
+
+  # pacman brings new releases, so the app never checks for them itself.
+  install -Dm644 /dev/null "$pkgdir/usr/share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates"
 }

packaging/aur/proton-drive-for-linux/PKGBUILD

@@ -78,4 +78,7 @@ package() {
 
   install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
   install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
+
+  # pacman brings new releases, so the app never checks for them itself.
+  install -Dm644 /dev/null "$pkgdir/usr/share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates"
 }

packaging/nix/package.nix

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
     patchShebangs po/build.sh
     po/build.sh $out/share/locale
+
+    # Nix brings new releases, so the app never checks for them itself.
+    install -Dm644 /dev/null $out/share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates
   '';
 
   # Thumbnails shell out to exiftool, and to ffmpeg for video. Suffixed, so a

packaging/proton-drive-linux.spec

@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ install -D -m0644 %{src}/packaging/io.narl.proton-drive-linux.svg \
 install -D -m0644 %{src}/packaging/proton-drive.service \
   %{buildroot}/usr/lib/systemd/user/proton-drive.service
 %{src}/po/build.sh %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale
+%if 0%{!?git_dir:1}
+# dnf brings new releases from COPR, so the app does not offer its own check.
+install -D -m0644 /dev/null %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates
+%endif
 
 # Removing the package does not stop a running daemon: it keeps serving the
 # mount from the deleted binary, so files deleted under the mount afterwards,
@@ -145,6 +149,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/io.narl.proton-drive-linux.svg
 /usr/lib/systemd/user/proton-drive.service
 %{_datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/pdfs.mo
+%if 0%{!?git_dir:1}
+%{_datadir}/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates
+%endif
 
 %changelog
 * Sun Jul 19 2026 Local Packager - 0.4.0-1