Public bug reported: I think the "Books" app included in GNOME is so incomplete that it would be better to set NoDisplay=True for it.
What happens when you launch GNOME Books === Books opens, showing you the .cbr, .cbz, .djvu, .mobi, .epub files it finds in your tracker-searched folders. The only file type it lets you actually view though is .cbr and .cbz (which are usually used for comic books). For everything else, it displays an uphelpful error message: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome- documents/commit/?id=9c5cf3e98c15c17736bacda1aa2eea9458cbf4ce Since the evince "Document Viewer" can also display .cbr and .cbz files just fine, GNOME Books is redundant. Worse, "Books" implies that it will let you read commonly used ebook formats such as .epub or .mobi but it cannot. GNOME Books development is slow. The initial Books feature is a year and a half old and the "coming soon" message is a year old. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-documents/log/?qt=grep&q=books Once Books gets epub support, we should probably show the Books app again. You can follow the progress of that effort at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740971 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: gnome-documents 3.20.0-2~xenial2 [origin: LP-PPA-gnome3-team-gnome3-staging] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun May 22 16:13:59 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-09 (42 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160408) SourcePackage: gnome-documents UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: gnome-documents (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: gnome-documents (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug gnome3-ppa gnome3-staging third-party-packages yakkety ** Also affects: gnome-documents (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #824597 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=824597 ** Also affects: gnome-documents (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=824597 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584522 Title: Don't show GNOME Books by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1584522/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
