https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466290
Bug ID: 466290
Summary: When the dock icon indicates there are updates
available, it shouldn't take 5 minutes to find out
what they are.
Classification: Applications
Product: Discover
Version: 5.27.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: discover
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: bugs.kde....@ch.pkts.ca
CC: aleix...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I updated my system to Fedora 37 last night. This morning I see the "Updates
Available" icon on my dash. I click on it, and Discover starts up, puts up a
"Fetching updates..." message and a progress bar, and then proceeds to take
several minutes to load the list of updates.
It would be nice if it could download the list of updates *before* trying to
gain my attention.
This irritation is further compounded by the fact that the progress bar travels
fast until it reaches about 95%, and then appears to hang (although I'm sure
it'll finish... eventually).
And under the hood, the icing on the cake is that the list of updates being
downloaded is likely 99% similar to the list it had from the day before, and
yet it's downloading the whole thing again. If it could be changed to download
and apply a patch to the list of updates, that would speed things up. If you
could do a DNS lookup of a TXT record (e.g. update-status.kde.org) that
returned a signed serial number and date, then the client wouldn't even have to
connect to the repository to discover that nothing's changed since the last
time they checked. If the signature is bad or the date is old, fall back to
checking the repository.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install Fedora (or maybe just KDE)
2. Wait for the "Updates available" icon to appear (hours? days?)
3. Click on the icon
OBSERVED RESULT
"Hurry up and wait"
EXPECTED RESULT
"Skinner Box"
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 37 - Kernel 6.1.12-200.fc37.x86_64 (64-bit)
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
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