[Bugs] #1582 UNSP: Prompt for Activity Software Update should be intelligent

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#1582: Prompt for Activity Software Update should be intelligent
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    Reporter:  mikus                      |          Owner:  tomeu                      
        Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 When a brand new user first boots his machine, a prompt is displayed in
 Home View - asking the user if he wants to check for updates to
 Activities.  The catch is, the process that does this needs access to a
 remote *server*.  But upon first boot, there may as yet not exist any
 connection to any server.  [For instance, Neighborhood View may have to be
 used to establish a connection through a particular Access Point (perhaps
 including the entering of a passkey).]

 Two obstacles might stand in the way of a successful connection to a
 server which would support Software Update.  First, the just-booted system
 may not have a working external connection.  Second, even though there may
 be a working connection here (at this end), there may be a problem (at the
 other end) that renders the server unreachable.

 It can be confusing to the brand-new user if the prompt for Activity
 Software Update gets presented, he answers yes, but then that process
 itself fails.  Presentation of that prompt in Home View should be deferred
 until the system has contacted the server, to ensure that "Software
 Update" is actually available.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1582>
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