22.04 Deferred Improvements

[jacobgkau]

This is a list of items that were not addressed in pop-os/system-updater#1 / #225 / pop-os/shop#342, but could be improved. These can be broken out into separate issues if desired, I'm just getting them down first.

• system-updater spinboxes:
  • Make up/down keys increment spinboxes by 1 instead of 3
  • Make hours roll over when incrementing minutes past 0 or 59
  • Prevent three-digit numbers from being entered and rounding to 12
  • Allow 1 or 0 digits in the text box transiently to allow backspacing/typing more normally
• Consider making system-updater run apt autoremove to keep clutter from building up on the system
• Make the Pop!_Shop not immediately recheck for updates after clicking a notification from system-updater (system-updater just checked for updates, so the Pop!_Shop should be able to just use the cache)
• Fix the Pop!_Shop launching behavior so it always opens to the Installed tab when clicking an update notification (it currently opens to the Home tab if the Pop!_Shop process was already running in the background before clicking the notification)
• Correct behavior of CLI recovery partition progress reporting to reflect that it's finished downloading before moving on

[xploz1on]

• Consider making system-updater run apt autoremove to keep clutter from building up on the system
• Make the Pop!_Shop not immediately recheck for updates after clicking a notification from system-updater (system-updater just checked for updates, so the Pop!_Shop should be able to just use the cache)
• Fix the Pop!_Shop launching behavior so it always opens to the Installed tab when clicking an update notification (it currently opens to the Home tab if the Pop!_Shop process was already running in the background before clicking the notification)

Pretty much sums up the "Pop!_Shop freezes" report everyone makes. Your suggestions are perfect.

[jacobgkau]

Pretty much sums up the "Pop!_Shop freezes" report everyone makes. Your suggestions are perfect.

These have to do with new pop-upgrade integration and are not related to existing Pop!_Shop performance complaints.

[xploz1on]

• Make the Pop!_Shop not immediately recheck for updates after clicking a notification from system-updater (system-updater just checked for updates, so the Pop!_Shop should be able to just use the cache).

At least this one happens all the time for almost everyone. This adds the frozen stage while checking for updates. (Doesn't happen for everyone; i guess depends on internet speed?)

[jacobgkau]

At least this one happens all the time for almost everyone. This adds the frozen stage while checking for updates.

Yes, it was expected behavior before (the update checks, not the freezing), and that functionality being moved into a different component will have the side effect of removing it from the Pop!_Shop.

I did specify "after clicking a notification from system-updater," so I would still expect the Pop!_Shop to check for updates if you start it by clicking on it in the dock/application menu/etc. It might not be entirely necessary for that to be the case, but removing the Pop!_Shop's ability to refresh the package lists would be a separate discussion. That could lead to issues trying to install a package after it's been updated and before system-updater's next update check (which could be as long as a month away, depending on user configuration.)