[Bug 802919] Re: Install menu is enabled while disconnected

[Chris Halse Rogers]

I'm not convinced that this is SRU-worthy.  This is an essentially
cosmetic issue with a serious potential failure mode - if
network_state_is_connected returns a false-negative this looks like it
will prevent a user from installing software from the software centre.

How certain are we that network_state_is_connected will never return a
false-negative?  For that matter, how often does
network_state_is_connected return a false-positive, reducing the value
of this patch?

This also applies to bug #802920

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Title:
  Install menu is enabled while disconnected

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Natty:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  TEST CASE:
  1. Disconnect the system from the network
  2. Select an application that is not installed on the system
  3. Select the menu 'File / Install'

  Result:
  S-C tries to install the application but fails

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  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 4.1.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4
  Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Jun 28 12:42:48 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-27 (0 days ago)

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