Update Checker

[rokytnji]

Back on topic. Might look into throwing  a

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apt list --upgradable
into the mix. Or not. Up to you.

Can you explain?

It lists upgradeable packages without installing them.

[shaggytwodope]

Back on topic. Might look into throwing  a

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apt list --upgradable
into the mix. Or not. Up to you.

Can you explain?

[rokytnji]

Remember if anyone has ideas for features, we are open to suggestions. Don't expect magic... Harry stole my wand.

I thought it was a tea stir stick. Just laying there.

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harry@biker:~
$ whoami
harry

Back on topic. Might look into throwing  a

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apt list --upgradable
into the mix. Or not. Up to you.

[shaggytwodope]

But currently on avg 80mb ram use. For such a feature this is more then acceptable to me.

Hey Shaggy, is this the RAM used while actually checking for updates or just the general idle usage?

Thanks

At idle. Just keep in mind this is "alpha" state software. Already having cut ram down by a third... I say it's coming along nicely.

[LL-user]

But currently on avg 80mb ram use. For such a feature this is more then acceptable to me.

Hey Shaggy, is this the RAM used while actually checking for updates or just the general idle usage?

Thanks

[shaggytwodope]

Remember if anyone has ideas for features, we are open to suggestions. Don't expect magic... Harry stole my wand.

[shaggytwodope]

Previously there was a memory bug, going upwards of 300mb, being Linux Lite this will be worked on more. But currently on avg 80mb ram use. For such a feature this is more then acceptable to me.


Other small changes not shown is seconds for notifications is disabled if toggled with checkbox in options. Enable Autostart now shows icon accordingly. From this stage most work to be done will be hardly noticeable for users. But always fun!

[Coastie]

... this doesn't imply that Linux folk are completely ignored. ...

Linux Lite and this forum is what Xubuntu should be. 

[Coastie]

After a few hours of hacking away. We now have minutes and hour option in the config. ...

Thanks, shaggytwodope! 

[Jerry]

Although our target audience is Windows folk, this doesn't imply that Linux folk are completely ignored. The Windows audience are used as a guide to how simple our software looks and operates. If they can use it with minimal guidance, Linux folk should have an even easier time. Cheers

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[LL-user]

Wow, Shaggy, very impressive! Great work!

@ Jerry regarding target audience:
Were best to have a dialog about this? Am happy to re-post, don't want to hijack this dev talk.
I do hear you and know Windows users and new folks to Linux, but not existing Linux users are the target audience. Would really like to know/discuss why NOT for existing Linux users - AS LONG AS it doesn't chase away new users? Linux Lite is an outstanding distribution and of course I do hope Windows user switching to it will be so impressed that they stay with it which means they are ultimately "existing Linux users" I can't see it as desirable to loose them. As much as I agree and support having a distribution like Linux Lite specifically for new users/ Windows converts, I don't see it as contradiction to also serve existing users. The challenge such a distribution needs to master in addition to "normal" distributions is providing a smooth transition. Linux Lite is one of the best, if not currently the best providing this smooth transition. Let's attract many more Windows users AND keep them By keeping it light and simple and smart

[shaggytwodope]

Maybe I missed this.?, if Not
If it is running, does the actual tray icon change colour to reflect status.?
Like:
Green  = Running & No Updates
Yellow  = Running & Updates Available
Red     = Running, but problems like, No Internet, Repository Not responding

Blue     = Running, But Updates checks not enabled

I'm sorry for the delay in response, yes the icon will change on it's state. Currently there is "upgrades" "security/important" "working" and "inactive".

Upgrade icon will simply show for upgrades.

Security marked packages will show a different icon.

Working will show when it's doing something, updating cache being the primary reason.

Inactive is it just sitting there... looking pretty.


The icon's are not finalized as of this post, but soon will be and we will then share that. And I assume in time will be added to help manual to help users understand the functionality.

[shaggytwodope]

After a few hours of hacking away. We now have minutes and hour option in the config. This time is added together and works wonderfully as of this post. Save for any testing from users.






Thanks for all the input, Always motivates development. Remember any new ideas are welcome... but no promises lol.

[shaggytwodope]

Nice! How about either days or hours check? Checking once a day is enough to me.

This is relative, the current option is based in seconds. I'll try to figure out a "daily" option... maybe something that cancels out the seconds option. But you can still set the time in seconds per 24 hours. Which would be 86400 seconds. I personally think something in the range of 3600 is ok. There is room to improve all of this, as I have time I'll try to improve on any options. But remember I'm only one person, And I get nothing from my work but helping some people adopt Linux hopefully.

If Jerry wants to make a release soon for people to test (I need testers and info reported back to improve things) otherwise any dev work will be shared here. And the code is available on my github: https://github.com/shaggytwodope/lite-updater with no packaging or installer yet.

[shaggytwodope]

New video of stuff in progress.