#8677 NORM 9.1.0: automatic scan for new activities is done twice by software update

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#8677: automatic scan for new activities is done twice by software update
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           Reporter:  mikus        |       Owner:                                   
               Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened                         
           Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  9.1.0                            
          Component:  performance  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:               |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  never set    |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:               |   Blockedby:                                   
           Blocking:               |  
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Changes (by mikus):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  wontfix =>
  * version:  not specified => Development build as of this date
  * component:  not assigned => performance


Comment:

 I'm reopening this because not having this fixed is to me a serious waste
 of my time.

 Just tried it again with 2629 upgraded with the mid-January sugar
 packages.  On my system, the CLI command 'sugar-control-panel -g
 available_updates' took almost an hour to complete, and (among Activities
 I had not installed) told me there was a new version of Turtle Art
 available.  When I then entered 'sugar-control-panel -s install_update
 Turtle\ Art', that also took almost an hour - because it repeated FETCHING
 every Activity binary all over again (before it would even try the
 install).

 When the user specifies 'install so-and-so', the CLI 'sugar-control-panel'
 function should fetch only that indicated Activity.  The user wants it
 updated, and is unlikely to change his mind if it turns out that a newer-
 yet version has become available in the last hour.

 [In regard to newer versions of *other* activities being seen -- the user
 did not ask for that -- he only asked to update something specific.  If
 the user cares, he can issue '-g available_updates' afterwards to see the
 latest status.  In the meantime, the CLI command 'sugar-control-panel'
 should do what the user asked for, and not second-guess the user's
 intentions.]

 [[BR]] The point behind this request is that FORCING the user to wait an
 extra hour for an update to take place does not make the user happy.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8677#comment:4>
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