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
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Triaged
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software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current
distro name
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507325
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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
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
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) = (unassigned)
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software-center uses Ubuntu specific branding rather than respect the current
distro name
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507325
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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.
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
