How to suppress Package Control Messages popup in Sublime Text 3

Question

Ok, I've suffered long enough: I can't stand the Package Control Messages tab that pops up and grabs focus when I open ST3. You know, the one that looks like

Package Control Messages
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Package Control:
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  Version 3.0 Release Notes
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Is there a way to suppress this popup?

Answer 1

So, the only (hackish) way so far I've found to do this is to comment out a line in the Package Control package... hopefully someone responds with a better answer than this.

Better Way

1. Install PackageResourceViewer from Package Control
2. Open Resource via PackageResourceViewer -> Select Package Control
3. Select package_control/package_manager.py to edit
4. Comment out line self.print_messages(package_name, package_dir, is_upgrade, old_version, new_version) by putting a hash # in the front
5. Save file.

Clunky Way

1. Locate Package Control.sublime-package (on my machine [Linux] it's in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Installed Packages) (on Win7 it's in c:\Users[YOUR_NAME]\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Installed Packages)
2. Make a copy of this package in case you bork this process
3. Unzip the package into a directory of your choosing (a .sublime-package is just a zipped archive)
4. Open ./package_control/package_manager.py (notice it's a subfolder inside)
5. Comment out line self.print_messages(package_name, package_dir, is_upgrade, old_version, new_version) by putting a hash # in the front
6. Zip all files
7. Rename new zip as Package Control.sublime-package
8. Overwrite old package with your new package

Answer 2

The grabbing focus was annoying me as well. I got rid of it by disabling the auto-upgrade option of Package Control:

1. Open Preferences: Package Control Settings - User
2. Add the item "auto_upgrade": false

Note, you'll need to upgrade manually from now on by running Package Control: Upgrade Package