Since this bug was reported, Ubuntu has started shipping the Qt
libraries by default, because they are used by the Ubuntu One control
panel.
So I think the first thing we need here is a decent set of use cases. For
example:
* As someone looking for an image viewer, I want to be warned that "Preview"
(preview.app) does not behave at all like most other Ubuntu applications.
* As a Lubuntu user, I want to be warned when an application will require
downloading lots of dependencies. (Is this handled already by "Total size: ___
to download"?)
* ...What else?
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460778
Title:
Ubuntu Software Center fails to categorize by
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Binary package hint: software-center
I am testing Ubuntu 9.10 RC as installed by Wubi.exe on a Windows XP
partition on an Asus A2H (A2500H) laptop that also contains a partion
for Ubunu 9.04.
In using the new Ubuntu Software Center, I am dismayed that the
display fails to include options to merely list software that is
appropriate for an Ubuntu (Gnome) system, Kubuntu (KDE) system,
Xubuntu (Xcfe), Lubuntu (Lxfe), etc. Since I am currently running an
Ubuntu (Gnome) system, I TRY to avoid choosing software that uses KDE,
Xcfe, Lxfe libraries in an effort to keep the size of my system down
(there may be other reasons as well). Note that some software such as
Firefox doesn't use any of these libraries and thus are appropriate
under every option.
I recognize that critics will classify this problem as a missing
'feature'. But note that the Add/Remove Software in previous releases
of Ubuntu/Kubuntu always had an option to show just Gnome based
software or just KDE based software. But that display failed to
provide options for XCFE and the new LXFE. Furthermore when using
those options, that display failed to show software like Firefox that
is appropriate for any GUI.
While I am at it, why is Ubuntu Software Center listed at the bottom
of the Applications menu and doesn't ask for my password before usage,
whereas Synaptic Package Manager is listed in the Administration
submenu of the System Menu and demands my password before entry?
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 134dbefaa9beb106598c5597ba8bbd33
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Sun Oct 25 20:35:08 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate i386
(20091020.3)
Package: software-center 1.0.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: software-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
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