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

[Gary Lasker]

Hi Chris! Thanks for your comment and for reviewing this SRU. Just to be
clear, in Natty we already use the network_state_is_connected signal to
disable *all* of the the software install buttons in the main UI, that
is, for both the list and details views. All this patch does is make the
corresponding menu item sensitivity consistent with the buttons
themselves. It's not so much a cosmetic issue as it is a consistency in
the UI issue.

I'm not aware of ever having a report of a false negative (or positive)
for network_state_is_connected. And as I mentioned, if we were to get a
false negative then all of the install buttons in the UI would become
disabled. The user would have to then find the (inconsistently) still-
enabled "Install" menu item to be able to attempt an install. I'm not
sure it makes sense to leave this bug unfixed in order to cover that
possibility.

Regarding bug 802920, it is truly a bug to offer to "Install Previous
Purchases" when a network connection is not available. The operation
will simply fail silently in that case.

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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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