~ubuntu-core-dev/update-notifier/ubuntu

Upgrade notifier tray icon

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This is a small tray icon that backgrounds itself and checks for

upgrades. It must be ensured by other means (like a cron job) that a

regular "apt-get update" is done. This is ensured by installing a

option into /etc/apt/apt.conf.d to trigger a cron update script. 

It uses the following file from the apt package for the updating

of the package information:

  /etc/cron.daily/apt

The following files are installed as part of the update-notifier-comomn 

package and trigger regular the /etc/cron.daily/apt job:

  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic

  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive

The "10periodic" file controls how often (in days) certain actions are 

run. The most common one is: APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists is

used for the "apt-get update". The header of /etc/cron.daily/apt

contains more information of the individual options. 

The "20archive" file controls the packages (.deb) cache in 

/var/cache/apt/archives - it can be used to define a maximum total

size for the deb files there and the time (in days) until they get

deleted. See the header of /etc/cron.daily/apt for more details.

It uses GIO to monitor /var/lib/apt/lists/* and

/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp. If they change it updates

it's status.

It also supports interactive hooks and reboot notification support,

see HOOKS for details. 

It will detect if a new distribution CD is inserted and supports addon 

CDs. 

Additionally it has grown avahi and crash report collection

support. Both are Ubuntu specific.

Based on ideas of Matt Zimmerman und Jeff Waught. Tray example from

Lukas Lipka <lukas@pmad.net>. Lot's of cleanups from Michiel Sikkes.

Thanks!

Michael Vogt