I think it's a distro's job to deal with it. The cli tool shouldn't phone home, but the distro should be able to be notified of a critical update and strongly w

I think it's a distro's job to deal with it. The cli tool shouldn't phone home, but the distro should be able to be notified of a critical update and strongly warn you the next time you try to launch it. Maybe even a push update you can subscribe to.