update-manager improve: update repositories information
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Wishlist
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Sebastian Heinlein |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
Every time launch update-manager does:
1. Search packages information
2. Show packages that needs update
The information that collects it's from "apt" cache, but If I need the last information (for example, If we have many packages updates in a day) I must update the repositories info.
I suggest that update-manager does:
1. Update the repositories information
2. Search packages information
3. Show packages that needs update
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote : | #1 |
Changed in update-manager: | |
assignee: | nobody → glatzor |
status: | Unconfirmed → Needs Info |
Miguel Ruiz (mruiz) wrote : | #2 |
When you model the software behaviour it's important to think in all cases.
I'm always online and click the check button every time (that launch update-manager) is too boring.
For this reason I propose the following steps:
1. Check internet connection.
2. If system have connection, then update the repositories information.
3. Search packages information.
4. Show packages that needs update
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote : | #3 |
This leaves us to the point how to check for a working internet connection? network-manager and dbus would add some additional dependencies - and this would not satisfy the xubuntu people.
How often do you check for updates a day?
The mirrors are not synced more than once a day.
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote : | #4 |
You could add a custom cron job that queries the archives more than once a day.
Paul Dufresne (paulduf) wrote : | #5 |
Incomplete -> Confirmed.
Reflect more comments I see here.
Changed in update-manager: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Not all people are always online. They would complain a lot. You can click on the "check" button in update-manager.