[Bug 1137996] Re: Software Updater freezes for a while if there are many updates available

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This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.184

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update-manager (1:0.184) raring; urgency=low

  [ Michael Terry ]
  * Don't temporarily freeze when calculating which updates are available.
    LP: #1137996

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Allow removals with only Conflicts+Replaces; while policy 7.6.2 quotes
    Provides in an example, it's clear that Conflicts+Replaces alone should
    be sufficient to indicate that the target package may be removed.
 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>   Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:36:41 +0000

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Software Updater freezes for a while if there are many updates
  available

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  If there are a lot of updates available, Software Updater in raring
  will "freeze" for a while before showing the update list.

  By freeze, I mean the window goes dark.  The GTK event loop isn't
  given control while update-manager is thinking about the update list.

  The original source of the problem is that update-manager has a naive
  recursive calculation of updates.  It probably needs to implement a
  better algorithm.  But regardless of the algorithm, it could stand to
  be responsive while it's thinking.

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