2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e3757329..ccb0df70 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 - mdkapplet
   o add 2009.1 restricted media on 2009.1 (#50478)
+  o remember a new distro exists when checking for updates (distro
+    check is less frequent) (#50535)
   o perform initial check after 3 seconds when using --testing
 - mdkapplet-restricted-helper
   o prevent having to cancel several time (#48999)
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index 18277774..1f37a0d9 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ sub harvester {
         my $status = $? >> 8;
         if ($mdv_update_pid && $mdv_update_pid == $childpid) {
             undef $mdv_update_pid;
+            # make sure to not report new distro after distro upgrade:
+            undef $new_distro;
             $schedule_checks = 1;
         } elsif ($checker_pid && $checker_pid == $childpid) {
             undef $checker_pid;
@@ -464,8 +466,8 @@ sub checker_exit {
 sub silentCheck() {
     state $check_time;
     my $new_time = time();
-    undef $new_distro;
     if (!$check_time || $new_time - $check_time > $config{DISTRO_CHECK_DELAY}) {
+        undef $new_distro;
         $check_time = $new_time;
         is_there_a_new_distributions();
     }