https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507827
Bug ID: 507827
Summary: discover does not show downloaded updates that are not
yet installed
Classification: Applications
Product: Discover
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: discover
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 183769
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=183769&action=edit
Discover and Konsole (with dnf showing available updates) side by side
SUMMARY
When the system is set to auto-update, discover will automatically download
updates to be installed on the next shutdown or restart. once this is done (but
they have not been installed yet) the packages are no longer visible and the
app looks as if there are no updates at all. this is a problem because it makes
the user unaware of updates that may be important or that they may have been
excited for (like a new plasma release).
this is also an issue when updating manually, as after the updates are
downloaded Discover will show that a restart is needed but will not show what
was installed. in this scenario it isn't as bad since at least the presence of
updates is visible to the user but it does still fail to tell you what updates
are present.
I believe both of these could be easily solved by having two sections in the
Discover updates page. the first, shown above the second at all times, would be
what we have now when there are updates to be downloaded but with a header or
separator saying something like "available". the second, only visible when
there are updates downloaded but not installed, would be visually identical
except a header or separator saying something like "downloaded" or "ready". the
restart button could be moved to the toolbar, keep its position in the first
(the one that already exists) section, or move to somewhere in the second (new)
section. this would make it so every non-installed update is always visible
without causing confusion as to which ones are downloaded and which ones
aren't. the positioning of the restart button would mostly be a matter of which
location is the most visible while most clearly conveying which updates
(downloaded vs available) it is relevant to. my preference would be to place it
in the header/separator for the downloaded section as this would most clearly
show that it was needed for those and had no bearing on the available ones.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open Discover
2. check for updates
3. if updates manually found, download them without restarting and attempt to
determine in-app what they are after downloading them
4. if updates have been automatically downloaded already (but not installed),
attempt to determine in-app what they are
5. if no updates are available, try again when they are
OBSERVED RESULT
though updates are available, once downloaded they are not visible in the app
anymore.
EXPECTED RESULT
all updates are visible until they are installed whether they are downloaded or
not, with a clear distinction made between ones that are downloaded and ones
that aren't
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.7-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 4600H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.0 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82B5
System Version: Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I added a screenshot showing the updates being shown by running dnf update and
the discover "updates available" thing in the system tray despite discover not
showing any updates. there are about 70 packages with downloaded updates on my
system right now.
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