Restore using defaults channel for checking for updates when Spyder i…

…s installed using defaults channel.

Because the defaults channel is usually very far behind the Github releases, this prevents users from being spammed for updates that are not available on the defaults channel.

spyder/plugins/updatemanager/tests/test_update_manager.py

@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ def worker():
 # ---- Test WorkerUpdate
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["1.0.0", "1000.0.0"])
-def test_updates(qtbot, mocker, version, caplog):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "channel", [
+        ("pkgs/main", "https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main"),
+        ("conda-forge", "https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge"),
+    ]
+)
+def test_updates(qtbot, mocker, caplog, version, channel):
     """
-    Test whether or not we offer updates for our installers according to the
-    current Spyder version.
+    Test whether or not we offer updates according to the current Spyder
+    version and package installation channel.
 
     Uses UpdateManagerWidget in order to also test QThread.
     """
@@ -44,6 +50,9 @@ def test_updates(qtbot, mocker, version, caplog):
         UpdateManagerWidget, "start_update", new=lambda x: None
     )
     mocker.patch.object(workers, "__version__", new=version)
+    mocker.patch.object(
+        workers, "get_spyder_conda_channel", return_value=channel
+    )
 
     with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG, logger='spyder.plugins.updatemanager'):
         # Capture >=DEBUG logging messages for spyder.plugins.updatemanager

spyder/plugins/updatemanager/workers.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 # Local imports
 from spyder import __version__
 from spyder.config.base import _, is_stable_version, running_in_ci
+from spyder.config.utils import is_anaconda
+from spyder.utils.conda import get_spyder_conda_channel
 from spyder.utils.programs import check_version
 
 # Logger setup
@@ -117,7 +119,6 @@ def __init__(self, stable_only):
         self.releases = None
         self.update_available = False
         self.error = None
-        self.channel = None
 
     def _check_update_available(self):
         """Checks if there is an update available from releases."""
@@ -146,6 +147,14 @@ def start(self):
         error_msg = None
         url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/spyder-ide/spyder/releases'
 
+        # If Spyder is installed from defaults channel (pkgs/main), then use
+        # that channel to get updates. The defaults channel can be far behind
+        # our latest release
+        if is_anaconda():
+            channel, channel_url = get_spyder_conda_channel()
+            if channel == "pkgs/main":
+                url = channel_url + '/channeldata.json'
+
         headers = {}
         token = os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN')
         if running_in_ci() and token:
@@ -158,10 +167,16 @@ def start(self):
             page.raise_for_status()
 
             data = page.json()
-            if self.releases is None:
+            if url.endswith('releases'):
+                # Github url
                 self.releases = [
                     item['tag_name'].replace('v', '') for item in data
                 ]
+            else:
+                # Conda url
+                spyder_data = data['packages'].get('spyder')
+                if spyder_data:
+                    self.releases = [spyder_data["version"]]
             self.releases.sort(key=parse)
 
             self._check_update_available()