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bhpirkle

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Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

Uppydate is a minimal update reminder script. It runs an update check at boot (default one minute after login) and at regular intervals thereafter (default 8 hours) and notifies whether "Arch Linux is up to date" or "_ system updates available".

Here's the project page and AUR entry.

Official repositories are checked with checkupdates, AUR with cower. Notifications are sent with libnotify.

Thanks for checking out Uppydate.

Last edited by bhpirkle (2014-02-09 04:54:41)

HalosGhost

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

Hey there! Can I recommend that you change the thread title to not say "official" like that? Perhaps "official-repositories" instead?

To me, it sounded like it's claiming this to be an official tool.

All the best,

-HG

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bhpirkle

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

Done, thanks for the friendly tip.

HalosGhost

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

Done, thanks for the friendly tip.

Anytime Two things while I'm at it. One: is there a reason you don't have the pure code up on the project page? (there's a zip download, but I'd rather just browse the code) Two: What benefit does this project offer over a simple shell function like the following and a cron script:

lsupd () {
    $(checkupdates && cower -u)| wc -l | notify-send
}

I'm not trying to dissuade you from contributing; I just want to know the use-case.

All the best,

-HG

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bhpirkle

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

One: is there a reason you don't have the pure code up on the project page?

Whoops, added.

I'm not trying to dissuade you from contributing; I just want to know the use-case.

No worries, I appreciate the discussion.

I'm one of those blasphemers users who sometimes prefers a prepackaged solution; I just want to snap update notification into my system from the AUR. I was thinking that Uppydate might appeal to others of the same inclination. Uppydate also installs as an application, and aesthetically I like having it show up in my applications list (weird, I know; maybe I'm alone on that one).

bhpirkle

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

New version up. Added a configuration script (delays, notification text and icons) and additional instructions on the project page to integrate with GNOME 3.

My goal is a notifier + configurator in which:

• the notifier shows up as an item that can be added to the GNOME startup application list (for which, AFAIK, it needs a desktop entry)

• the notifier does not show up in the main applications menu (which can be arranged with Alacarte, though I'd welcome a neater solution)

• the configurator shows up in the applications menu

So a minimal update notifier that nonetheless integrates with GNOME gui management. If the thought appeals, try it out.

bhpirkle

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

Uppydate now features a (python) gui configuration interface. In GNOME 3, Uppydate can be managed entirely from this gui, including a button to enable/disable autostart of the notifier script. In other environments, the notifier script (/usr/bin/uppydate-notifier) must simply be added to one's startup programs using an external method.

orschiro

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

Very nice script! Thanks.

Have you thought about a tray icon notifier?

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bendavis78

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Re: Uppydate - simple update notifier (incl AUR) with GNOME 3 in mind

You should add this to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … _Frontends