Comment # 10 on bug 1202796 from Jonathan Kang

(In reply to Michael Andres from comment #9)

> just so check for new software?

GNOME Software does this only on the first startup, and it's for showing
detailed information for each application. There is nothing wrong with this.

The issue is that the current implementation of search-file/package in PK's
zypp backend refreshes all repos before searching, which is unnecessary(this
should be done manually like calling "zypper ref"). Removing this should be
able to significantly reduce PK's running time on system startup. Therefore,
metadata refreshes are only triggered when really needed.