* profiles/common, bin/updates-available: the updates-available script now

caches its value, expiring that value every 60 minutes; so subsequent
    checks are much cheaper;  we can allow the screen status script to run
    more frequently now, since most will be cache checks; we'll really benefit
    from this in Jaunty

bin/updates-available

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# expire the cache in X seconds; 1 hour by default
+EXPIRATION=3600
+
 print_updates() {
 	u=$1
 	if [ "$u" = "0" ]; then
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ if [ -r $mycache -a -O $mycache ]; then
 	now=`date +%s`
 	timestamp=`stat -c "%Y" $mycache`
 	diff=`expr $now - $timestamp`
-	if [ $diff -lt 3600 ]; then
+	if [ $diff -lt $EXPIRATION ]; then
 		u=`grep -m 1 "^[0-9]" $mycache | sed "s/\s.*$//"`
 		print_updates $u
 	fi

debian/changelog

@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ screen-profiles (1.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Dustin Kirkland ]
   * keybindings/common: fix leading whitespace on new window creation
     LP: #317558
+  * profiles/common, bin/updates-available: the updates-available script now
+    caches its value, expiring that value every 60 minutes; so subsequent
+    checks are much cheaper;  we can allow the screen status script to run
+    more frequently now, since most will be cache checks; we'll really benefit
+    from this in Jaunty
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:50:50 -0600
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:53:16 -0600
 
 screen-profiles (1.8-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 

profiles/common

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ msgwait 1
 
 # Define status commands
 backtick 100 3600 3600 /usr/share/screen-profiles/bin/release
-backtick 101 3600 3600 /usr/share/screen-profiles/bin/updates-available
+backtick 101 60 60 /usr/share/screen-profiles/bin/updates-available
 backtick 102 10 10 /usr/share/screen-profiles/bin/reboot-required
 backtick 103 5 5 /usr/share/screen-profiles/bin/cpu-freq
 backtick 104 3600 3600 /usr/share/screen-profiles/bin/cpu-count