I retract the latter part of my last comment. Running 'sudo update-apt- xapian-index' and restarting software-center does in fact cause the newly added PPA to appear in the list.
So mvo, the potential fix appears to be what you have suggested; that we need to update the database index more often, specifically upon adding or removing a source (as this is a time-consuming operation, we want to do this only when necessary). -- Fails to list all active PPA's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/535055 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs