diff -Nru sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/changelog sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/changelog	2014-10-24 01:42:11.000000000 +0000
+++ sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/changelog	2015-02-25 04:49:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+sweethome3d (4.5+dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Team upload.
+  * Set checkForUpdates=false as the default. (Closes: #778947). 
+
+ -- tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>  Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:40:22 -0800
+
 sweethome3d (4.5+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * 4.5 replaces Loader3DS with a library inspired from lib3ds.
diff -Nru sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/05disable_checkForUpdates sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/05disable_checkForUpdates
--- sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/05disable_checkForUpdates	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/05disable_checkForUpdates	2015-02-25 04:49:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/com/eteks/sweethome3d/io/DefaultUserPreferences.properties b/src/com/eteks/sweethome3d/io/DefaultUserPreferences.properties
+index bd52fdb..a2d5fc2 100644
+--- a/src/com/eteks/sweethome3d/io/DefaultUserPreferences.properties
++++ b/src/com/eteks/sweethome3d/io/DefaultUserPreferences.properties
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ wallPattern=hatchUp
+ newWallThickness=7.5
+ newHomeWallHeight=250
+ newFloorThickness=12
+-checkUpdatesEnabled=true
++checkUpdatesEnabled=false
+ autoSaveDelayForRecovery=600000
+ 
+ # Uncomment default currency line to use prices in application
diff -Nru sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/series sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/series
--- sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2014-10-24 01:42:11.000000000 +0000
+++ sweethome3d-4.5+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2015-02-25 04:49:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 02noadditionalprovisions
 03novideo
 04manifest
+05disable_checkForUpdates