"see all available updates" makes 2.6.3 appear?

[oberger]

In the OS updater, I’m running 2.5, and wouldn’t see 2.6.3 when updating (refresh icon).

I changed the preferences to check the “see all available updates” option (personal translation, as, in french UI, it is named “voir toutes les mises à jour disponibles”). Suddenly, 2.6.3 appears.

Would anyone be able to clarify the role of that “see all available updates” setting ? Maybe it’s just a caching issue that prevented 2.6.3 to appear, or it is indeed linked to that setting change… but how comes, then ?

I fear the setting is somehow misnamed, and I couldn’t spot documentation to explain…

Thanks for your insights.

[Harrier]

It’s possible that the sudden appearance of v2.6.3 didn’t have anything to do with the change in the “see all available updates” option and could just be a coincidence related to the phased released of updates.

[oberger]

Yes. It would help if there was some docs on the use of that setting, to decide on that coincidence possibility
Hence my request here

[aibd]

It has also been reported that “Updater requests” to /e/ servers have (at times) been throttled to say 25%. Some users report refreshing 4 or 5 times then the update availability shows. I think much more likely your second or third request “just got lucky!”

@oberger

some docs on the use of that setting

The updater is inherited from LineageOS, where updated builds frequently occur say 4 times a month. Depending on the user’s frequency of checking, the usefulness of this setting is perhaps more intuitive. Discussed here Multiple Update options on System Update