What seems to be occurring here:
1. GNOME Shell sends the search term to GNOME Software.
2. GNOME Software does a search for this by passing the search term to each
plugin.
3. Both the appstream and the snap plugin return results.
4. The IDs are sent back to the Shell.
5. The shell asks for additional metadata on these IDs.
6. For some reason, we don't get data for the snaps, but we do for the
appstream IDs.
7. Only some of the metadata is returned to the Shell.
8. The Shell ignores all the results because not all the metadata is there
js/ui/search.js:
if (metas.length != metasNeeded.length) {
log('Wrong number of result metas returned by search provider ' +
this.provider.id +
': expected ' + metasNeeded.length + ' but got ' + metas.length);
callback(false);
return;
}
So if we fix bug 1713929 this would probably not be an issue, but the
specific cause of this bug is the Shell.
** Package changed: gnome-software (Ubuntu) => gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
** Summary changed:
- snapd plugin blocks shell search provider to return results
+ Shell ignores all search results if not all metadata available
** Project changed: gnome-software => gnome-shell
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713931
Title:
Shell ignores all search results if not all metadata available
Status in GNOME Shell:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Using current artful, g-s 3.25.91 and snapd-glib 1.18, looking for
"vlc" or "gimp" in the gnome-shell overview returns a "no result",
after deleting the snapd plugin and restarting g-s it lists them fine
bug #1713929 is about the fact that there are no snap listed, this bug
about the fact that one plugin can/do block others from returning
results
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