The version checking code performs its own error management and will
not pass errors to the caller. Hence, it needs to be aware of the types
of errors which can be returned.
In particular, the context.Canceled error will be returned if the
context is aborted through cancelation. This happens when the request
is terminated by tapping CTRL-C or if the browser request is terminated
while we are sitting waiting for the GH API.
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