[packagekit] Refresh button in update-viewer

Ken VanDine ken at vandine.org
Wed Sep 26 11:10:35 PDT 2007


I would prefer it be a "Check for Updates" button.  Which would go
look for updates and re-populate the list.  I also still want a way to
click on the icon in the notification tray and view the updates found
on the last check without doing a new check.

--Ken

On 9/26/07, Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 18:57 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 10:57 +0200, Tim Lauridsen wrote:
> > > Richard Hughes wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 12:49 -0400, Ken VanDine wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Oh, so it will refresh the cache then check for updates?  For conary
> > > > > the cache is irrelevent for get-updates, so I would prefer it just
> > > > > chech for updates.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > If you do get-updates (without doing refresh-cache) do you get todays
> > > > security updates? Does get-updates automatically connect to the network
> > > > and download the latest lists?
> > > >
> > > > Richard.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > The is no need to do a refresh-cache before get-updates in the yum
> > > backend
> > > get-updates will refresh the cache if needed. I don't hurt, but if it
> > > make it easier for the other backends then just call 'get-updates'
> > > alone
> >
> > Sure, then that's what we should do. Ken: You were correct, apologies.
> >
> > I'll make the change now.
>
> In fact, do we even need the refresh button? It's not like this is going
> to change while the window is open...
>
> Richard.
>
>
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Ken VanDine
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