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Fixes: #1358 - Refresh the apt cache if required packages for an app are not found and if the cache is more than 1 hour old (or non-existent). - If required packages are found, don't refresh the package cache even if the cache is outdated. This is because the check operation could lead to many minutes of waiting before app can be installed. Tests: - Remove /var/lib/apt/lists/* and /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin. Visit an app setup page. apt cache is updated and it take a while to check that the app is available. App is shown as available. If page is refreshed, this time, the cache is not updated. - Set the modification of /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin file to more than 2 hours ago with 'touch -d "2 hours ago" /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin'. Then refreshing the page will not refresh the cache. - Repeat test with an app that is not available such as Janus. Again apt cache is refreshed. App is shown as not available. On refresh, the cache is not updated. - Set the modification of /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin file to more than 2 hours ago with 'touch -d "2 hours ago" /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin'. Then refreshing the page will not refresh the cache. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org> Reviewed-by: Joseph Nuthalapati <njoseph@riseup.net> - Remove redundant if condition in setup.html template - Use JavaScript fetch() API instead of XMLHTTPRequest class - Update a comment in test_package.py Signed-off-by: Joseph Nuthalapati <njoseph@riseup.net>
FreedomBox Service (Plinth)
The core functionality and web front-end of FreedomBox.
Description
FreedomBox is a community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software for private, personal communications. It is a networking appliance designed to allow interfacing with the rest of the Internet under conditions of protected privacy and data security. It hosts applications such as blog, wiki, website, social network, email, web proxy and a Tor relay, on a device that can replace your Wi-Fi router, so that your data stays with you.
This module, called FreedomBox Service and also know as Plinth, is the core functionality and web interface to the functions of the FreedomBox. It is extensible and provides various applications of FreedomBox as modules. Each module or application provides simplified user interface to control the underlying functionality. As FreedomBox can act as a wireless router, it is possible to configure networking. It also allows configuration of basic system parameters such as time zone, hostname and automatic upgrades.
You can find more information about FreedomBox Service (Plinth) on the Plinth Wiki page, the FreedomBox Wiki and the FreedomBox Manual.
Getting Started
To have a running FreedomBox, first install Debian (Buster or higher) on a clean machine. Then run:
$ sudo apt install freedombox
Full instructions are available on FreedomBox Manual's QuickStart page.
For instructions on running the service on a local machine from source code, see INSTALL.md. For instructions on setting up for development purposes, see HACKING.md.
Contributing
See the HACKING.md file for contributing to FreedomBox Service (Plinth).
Localization
License
FreedomBox is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3 or later. A copy of AGPLv3 is available from the Free Software Foundation.