Merge lp:~kirkland/update-manager/522452 into lp:update-manager

[Bryce Harrington]

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Weird, I was just looking at this issue today. I also think doing this as a cron job would improve things noticeably for the user.

The one corner case vorlon pointed out would be laptop users who might not leave their system on routinely.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Bryce Harrington
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Weird, I was just looking at this issue today.  I also think doing this as a cron job would improve things noticeably for the user.

Heh, well, I'd like to get mvo's opinion, but I like my solution.

> The one corner case vorlon pointed out would be laptop users who might not leave their system on routinely.

True. I thought of this too. Which is why I moved the stamp from
/var/run to /var/lib. At least that way, it would be somewhat more
persistent. Not a total solution, but at least better.

Furthermore, update-motd isn't *really* targeted at laptop users.
They (usually) have a desktop environment and thus all sorts of popups
and notifications.

Thanks for nudging this along, Bryce.

[lp:~kirkland/update-manager/522452]

1687. By Michael Vogt on 2010-02-26

fixes in the auto-install-tester

1688. By Michael Vogt on 2010-02-26

AutoUpgradeTester/auto-install-tester.py: use proper resultdir and fix status file output

1689. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-01

* check-new-release-gtk, data/glade/UpgradePromptDialog.ui:
  - use Gtkbuilder file instead of plain gtk (thanks to djsiegel)

1690. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-01

check-new-release-gtk: add --test-uri option

1691. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-01

* UpdateManager/Core/MetaRelease.py:
  - allow upgrade from unsupported version to unsupported version

1692. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-01

check-new-release-gtk: do not exit if run in --test-uri mode

1693. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-01

* DistUpgrade/removal_blacklist.cfg:
  - allow removal of update-manager-kde

1694. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-03

* check-new-release-gtk:
  - fixes in the gtk release upgrade check

1695. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-03

implement ignore-new-release

1696. By Michael Vogt on 2010-03-03

check-new-release-gtk: add decline upgrade question (as per spec)

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Aha!

I have a much better way of doing this, Bryce :-)

No need for a cronjob.

In the update motd script:
  if upgrade-available cache file is populated, print it
  else if it's available but empty, check its timestamp, and if it's older than 1 day old, update the cache file in the background
  else if it doesn't exist, update it in the background

Profit! I'm going to go ahead and commit that version now.

[lp:~kirkland/update-manager/522452]

1697. By Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@x200> on 2010-03-06

* debian/91-release-upgrade, debian/update-manager-core.install,
  - some users are complaining of long login times due to the release
    check requiring network connectivity; this information clearly doesn't
    change as frequently as the user logging in, so maintain a cache file
    in /var/lib, display it if it's populated, but otherwise, update it in
    the background if its either missing or the file is older than a day
    old, LP: #522452

1698. By Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@x200> on 2010-03-06

install to usr but link to update-motd (allows admins to remove if they want)