[Bug 507325] Re: software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current distro name

[Roman]

It seems to be the right solution is to set both the logo and the distro
name as dynamic, though they don't have to be separate packages - the
name is stored, as someone mentioned earlier, and the logos already
exist on the hard drive, do they not? I mean like Ubuntu logos are
already being used by other stuff, so they can probably be reused for
this purpose, no?

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[Bug 507325] Re: software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current distro name

[Charlie Kravetz]

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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[Bug 507325] Re: software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current distro name

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

I have no problem with the icon being in a separate package, if that
means less work overall than each OS vendor maintaining their own
branch. That separate package probably would also contain the icon used
for "Canonical Partners", and maybe even the software categorization XML
since that refers to specific Ubuntu repository sections.

(BTW, the reason "Is X available in Synaptic" is hardly ever confusing
is that up till now, Synaptic -- and to a lesser extent Add/Remove
Applications -- have been used mostly by people who know what "distros"
are and who know that the tools show different results depending on
where they're used. Ubuntu Software Center is part of Ubuntu targeting a
much wider audience, so we can't rely on that level of user knowledge
any more.)

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[Bug 507325] Re: software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current distro name

[Twisted Lincoln, Inc.]

I see your point about the branding, but as far as I know, no one
currently gets confused when someone asks "Is X available in Synaptic
Package Manager," despite the fact that many different distros use it.
However, provided that the title becomes dynamic as you suggest, that
becomes a moot point.

I assume it is possible to change the .desktop file, as Ubiquity does it
for the install icon, but I'm not sure exactly how it is done.

As for the logo, why not put it in a separate package the way Ubiquity
does?  That way one can easily rebrand the application and still keep
the core unmodified from upstream?

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[Bug 507325] Re: software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current distro name

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
 Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)

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[Bug 507325] Re: software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current distro name

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

As time goes on, the question "Is X available in Ubuntu Software
Center?" will be increasingly common. And it will be important that this
is not confused with "Is X available in Debian Software Center?", etc
for any other OS that uses a separate set of repositories.

For that reason, as described in
, the name should be
"Ubuntu Software Center" -- *not* just "Software Center" -- everywhere
it is displayed in Ubuntu.

I'm all in favor of adapting the window title, about box etc so that it
matches the distribution name. And I'm sure there is some way for the
.desktop file to follow the distribution name too. (Perhaps the
packaging script can insert the appropriate name into the .desktop
file?) But because of the purpose of the program, it's likely that its
icon will continue to contain the Ubuntu logo and therefore need to be
forked.

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[Bug 507325] Re: software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current distro name

[Michael Vogt]

Thanks, I assign this to mpt so that he can talk about the icons. Making
it easy to provide branding is certainly a good idea, one possible way
is to use the icon theme for the icons, then you can simply replace
them.

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Status: New => Confirmed

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