Bug#851796: gnome-software: Update don't show up automatically any longer

[test test]

Package: gnome-software
Version: 3.22.5-1

Updates on Debian GNOME are broken (still after 4 years! see: http://blog.tenstral.net/2015/09/update-notifications-in-debian-jessie.html ). Even if one sets automatic daily security updates in settings, one is not notified of them nor they are installed, plus non-security update option in settings is grayed out. I tested this on a freshly installed Debian 9 GNOME netinstall, almost nothing done on it. There was a systemd security issue discovered, it’s still not installed on this machine nor was I notified, a week has passed. It’s actually two versions behind (it’s on 232-25+deb9u6, while 232-25+deb9u8 is current), I guess there were two patches (BTW debian.org didn’t mention the second one and I’d be still vulnerable on other machines that I update manually if I didn’t do apt update out of boredom).

I remember that I’ve gotten an update notification a few times on my other machine, but even then, clicking Install either resulted in a message ‘no new updates’ (apt update disagreed) or installing a few, requiring a restart and then when I do apt update, I see a bunch of updates that weren’t installed.

Something doesn’t work right here. Either Debian should focus a bit more on GUI users or GNOME has to rethink their strategy, because every update it’s changed and it doesn’t work again and needs another fix. I like Debian, because I have to figure this stuff out only once every 2 years, but I don’t like it, because I’m not using only servers with CLI interfaces, neither do my non tech-savvy parents.



--- System information. ---
Architecture: 
Kernel:       Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64

Debian Release: 9.6
  500 stable-updates  ftp.debian.org 
  500 stable          security.debian.org 
  500 stable          ftp.debian.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                          (Version) | Installed
==========================================-+-=============
appstream                                  | 0.10.6-2
gnome-software-common         (= 3.22.5-1) | 3.22.5-1
gsettings-desktop-schemas        (>= 3.18) | 3.22.0-1
packagekit                      (>= 1.1.4) | 1.1.5-2+deb9u1
software-properties-gtk                    | 0.96.20.2-1
dconf-gsettings-backend                    | 0.26.0-2+b1
 OR gsettings-backend                      | 
libappstream-glib8              (>= 0.6.5) | 0.6.8-1
libatk1.0-0                    (>= 1.12.4) | 2.22.0-1
libc6                             (>= 2.4) | 
libcairo-gobject2              (>= 1.10.0) | 
libcairo2                       (>= 1.2.4) | 
libenchant1c2a                  (>= 1.6.0) | 
libfwupd1                       (>= 0.7.3) | 
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0             (>= 2.22.0) | 
libglib2.0-0                     (>= 2.46) | 
libgnome-desktop-3-12            (>= 3.18) | 
libgtk-3-0                     (>= 3.22.4) | 
libgtkspell3-3-0                           | 
libgudev-1.0-0                    (>= 146) | 
libjson-glib-1.0-0             (>= 0.13.2) | 
libpackagekit-glib2-18          (>= 1.1.0) | 
libpango-1.0-0                 (>= 1.14.0) | 
libpangocairo-1.0-0            (>= 1.14.0) | 
libpolkit-gobject-1-0            (>= 0.99) | 
libsecret-1-0                     (>= 0.7) | 
libsoup2.4-1                     (>= 2.52) | 
libsqlite3-0                    (>= 3.5.9) | 


Package's Recommends field is empty.

Suggests                           (Version) | Installed
============================================-+-===========
fwupd                                        | 
gnome-software-plugin-flatpak                | 
gnome-software-plugin-limba                  |