I found this from Gnome. A flow chart showing the expected behavior of Gnome Software Updates on the Gnome Wiki. Basically, if automatic updates is set to "on" Gnome Software is supposed to check for updates daily. If it finds critical updates it downloads them and notifies the user. If non-critical updates are found they are downloaded after two weeks and the user is notified at that time.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Soft ... ive_Design
The banner at the top of the page says it's outdated but I also found this post (at the end of the page) by Milan Crha on Gnome Gitlab from 6 months ago saying that Gnome Software is supposed to follow the flow chart above.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-so ... ssues/2568
When I install Debian with Gnome I generally get a notification about updates being available within a few days. (Can't remember if it says "ready to install" or "ready to download".) I install them. Then in another few days more updates appear on the Gnome Software tab but no notification. At that point I generally assume that Gnome Software has a bug and turn off its update capability.
But now I've found this new information. I'm going to leave it on this time and see what happens but I'm a bit scared to just leave my machine for two weeks without updating, trusting that Gnome Software will send me a notification eventually so I was wondering if the above intended behavior actually works.
P.S. I'm aware that the automatic setting at least applies to Flatpaks but according the the above link it's supposed to have this additional functionality. (If automatic updates are set to off then it's on manual and there's a flowchart on that page for that case.)
I'm hoping that @FreewheelinFrank shows up since he has dealt with this type of question in the past.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Soft ... ive_Design
The banner at the top of the page says it's outdated but I also found this post (at the end of the page) by Milan Crha on Gnome Gitlab from 6 months ago saying that Gnome Software is supposed to follow the flow chart above.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-so ... ssues/2568
When I install Debian with Gnome I generally get a notification about updates being available within a few days. (Can't remember if it says "ready to install" or "ready to download".) I install them. Then in another few days more updates appear on the Gnome Software tab but no notification. At that point I generally assume that Gnome Software has a bug and turn off its update capability.
But now I've found this new information. I'm going to leave it on this time and see what happens but I'm a bit scared to just leave my machine for two weeks without updating, trusting that Gnome Software will send me a notification eventually so I was wondering if the above intended behavior actually works.
P.S. I'm aware that the automatic setting at least applies to Flatpaks but according the the above link it's supposed to have this additional functionality. (If automatic updates are set to off then it's on manual and there's a flowchart on that page for that case.)
I'm hoping that @FreewheelinFrank shows up since he has dealt with this type of question in the past.
Statistics: Posted by Shamak — 2024-11-30 22:47 — Replies 6 — Views 198