[Bug 1261942] [NEW] Software-properties takes a noticable amount of time (too long) to enable a PPA

[Lee Hyde]

Public bug reported:

As I make regular use of software-properties (e.g. having to remove the
annoying 'disabled on upgrade to x' appendage that Canonical seems to
deem vital, from what's got to be going on 100 PPAs), I've noticed that
from the outset the UI is slow to respond to user input. Re-enabling a
repository typically involved a noticable delay (perhaps a few hundred
milliseconds) between ticking the checkbox and seeing the repository
enabled, during which time the whole software-properties UI is frozen.

Presumably it's not just an unresponsive UI and the backend is churning
away, doing it's thing. However, does it have to take so long? it really
slows down progress when you're re-enabling/disabling a lot of
repositories in one go. If the delay is unavoidable, would it not be
possible to implement a batch enable/disable option, or else have
software-properties make the actual changes when it closes rather than
in-situ (admittedly not perfect).

** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

- As I make fair use of software-properties (e.g. having to remove the
+ As I make regular use of software-properties (e.g. having to remove the
  annoying 'disabled on upgrade to x' appendage that Canonical seems to
  deem vital, from what's got to be going on 100 PPAs), I've noticed that
  from the outset the UI is slow to respond to user input. Re-enabling a
  repository typically involved a noticable delay (perhaps a few hundred
  milliseconds) between ticking the checkbox and seeing the repository
  enabled, during which time the whole software-properties UI is frozen.
  
  Presumably it's not just an unresponsive UI and the backend is churning
  away, doing it's thing. However, does it have to take so long? it really
  slows down progress when you're re-enabling/disabling a lot of
  repositories in one go. If the delay is unavoidable, would it not be
  possible to implement a batch enable/disable option, or else have
  software-properties make the actual changes when it closes rather than
  in-situ (admittedly not perfect).

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Title:
  Software-properties takes a noticable amount of time (too long) to
  enable a PPA

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As I make regular use of software-properties (e.g. having to remove
  the annoying 'disabled on upgrade to x' appendage that Canonical seems
  to deem vital, from what's got to be going on 100 PPAs), I've noticed
  that from the outset the UI is slow to respond to user input. Re-
  enabling a repository typically involved a noticable delay (perhaps a
  few hundred milliseconds) between ticking the checkbox and seeing the
  repository enabled, during which time the whole software-properties UI
  is frozen.

  Presumably it's not just an unresponsive UI and the backend is
  churning away, doing it's thing. However, does it have to take so
  long? it really slows down progress when you're re-enabling/disabling
  a lot of repositories in one go. If the delay is unavoidable, would it
  not be possible to implement a batch enable/disable option, or else
  have software-properties make the actual changes when it closes rather
  than in-situ (admittedly not perfect).

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