Ubuntu store scope does not tell you that there is an update

[Victor Tuson Palau]

It used to be that the "open" option will change to "update" when the version on the store was newer than the one in the phone in the Ubuntu store scope, this is no longer the case. The only way to install a new version is now from settings

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

if this is in fact a regression we should fix it

[dobey (dobey)]

This is not a regression and this concept has not existed in the click scope since before the C++ rewrite of scopes, and I'm not sure it even worked then. That was over a year ago.

To do this would require a decently sized change to the scope itself, and would result in yet another network hit to another API endpoint (which will make starting the scope that much slower) on yet another server (which is another SSL connection, which can be very slow), as well as requiring an update to the translation packs for a new string in the scope.

This /is/ partially in the design for the scope, but I don't think this is going to be doable for the first OTA image, and we should probably have a bit more design input on it.

[Martin Albisetti (beuno)]

Given there's already a process that checks for updates, I would strongly suggest to not make another call per app preview, but rather use the existing process as a data source when showing whether a specific app you are looking at has an update.

[dobey (dobey)]

@Martin, yes that would be nice, but we don't have a system service with a dbus API and local cache to use for this. The system-settings update plug-in doesn't provide that. If you're referring to some other process/service which does provide that, it is not on the phone image AFAIK.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[LionelB (retweet)]

I have a related observation. Having deleted the Etsy scope I nevertheless get offered an 'update' when checking Update in Settings. There might have been some logic if I had deleted because I wanted to wait for a better version (but why would I delete rather than unfavourite ?)
An appropriate default would be to offer updates only to scopes that are currently installed. A less satisfactory option would be to offer a 'decline' option. In the absence of one of these there will be either a lengthening queue of unwanted alerts or the user will have to install every package and every update, wanted or no.

[dobey (dobey)]

@LionelB Updates are only offered to packages which are installed. How exactly did you "delete" the scope?

[Sergi Quiles Pérez (sergiqp)]

I think this way would more useful: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-scope-click/+bug/1466170