address crash of deamon upon 2nd call to getNumberOfAvailableUpdates()

- Remove unused Requirements file from repo. (#92)
- Fix code which calls getNumberOfAvailableUpdates() after initial call at startup (#93)

Author: ironsheep

ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # ChangeLog
 
+Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:24:03 -0600 v1.8.4
+
+- Remove unused Requirements file from repo. (#92)
+- Fix code which calls getNumberOfAvailableUpdates() after initial call at startup (#93)
+
 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:30:03 -0700 v1.8.3
 
 - Remove package that can't be satisfied from `requirements.txt` (#88)

ISP-RPi-mqtt-daemon.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     apt_available = False
 
-script_version = "1.8.3"
+script_version = "1.8.4"
 script_name = 'ISP-RPi-mqtt-daemon.py'
 script_info = '{} v{}'.format(script_name, script_version)
 project_name = 'RPi Reporter MQTT2HA Daemon'
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ def afterMQTTConnect():
 
         if apt_available:
             if timeNow > update_last_fetch_time + kUpdateCheckIntervalInSeconds:
-                getNumberOfAvailableUpdates()() # and count them!
+                getNumberOfAvailableUpdates() # and count them!
 
 finally:
     # cleanup used pins... just because we like cleaning up after us