It turns out that while we haven't had many reviews misused to report bugs, we have had support requests to Canonical that should have gone directly to the vendor.
So, I have designed a "Report a Problem" link that would open a dialog to direct problem reports to the appropriate place. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#isv-support> ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: software-center - Right now if i find a bug in a software i can't report it from the software center. A "report an issue" button should be useful - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 - Package: software-center 4.0.1 [modified: usr/share/applications/ubuntu-software-center.desktop] - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4 - Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic i686 - NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia - Architecture: i386 - Date: Sun May 15 13:17:34 2011 - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427) - PackageArchitecture: all - ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=it_IT:en - LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash - SourcePackage: software-center - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#isv-support>: "For any software + item in “For Purchase” or “Independent”, its software item screen should + include a “Report a Problem” link alongside the “Developer Web Site” + link. Activating this link should open a “Report a Problem” dialog with + the icon and name of the application..." ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Assignee: Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/782975 Title: add a "report an issue" button to the details view to allow reporting bugs for individual software items Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Right now if i find a bug in a software i can't report it from the software center. A "report an issue" button should be useful <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#isv-support>: "For any software item in “For Purchase” or “Independent”, its software item screen should include a “Report a Problem” link alongside the “Developer Web Site” link. Activating this link should open a “Report a Problem” dialog with the icon and name of the application..." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/782975/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
