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Improve UX for repository updates
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Authored by epriestley on Aug 21 2014, 4:16 PM.
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Summary

Fixes T5926. Fixes T5830. Ref T4767. Users currently sometimes have a hard time understanding repository update frequencies. This is compounded by aggressive backoff and incorrect backoff while importing repositories.

  • Don't back off while importing repositories. This prevents us from hanging at 99.99% for inactive repositories while waiting for the next update.
  • Back off less aggressively in general, and even more gradually during the first 3 days. This should make behavior around weekends better.
  • Show update frequency in the UI.
  • Provide an explicit "update now" button to call diffusion.looksoon in a more user-friendly way.
  • Document how backoff policies work and how to adjust behavior.
Test Plan
  • Ran bin/phd debug pulllocal and verified backoff worked correctly from debugging output.
  • Clicked "Update Now" to get a hint, reloaded page to see it update.
  • Read documentation.

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