Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: ubuntu-app-launch (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670704
Title:
No way to discern multiple versions of the same app (from different
sources)
Status in Canonical System Image:
New
Status in Ubuntu UX:
New
Status in ubuntu-app-launch package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
In the new world there's basically an infinite number of the same
application you can have installed at the same time:
- snap
- multiple different snaps can ship the same application
- libertine
- you can have multiple containers with the same application
- deb
- you could have a PPA added that has the same application under a
different package name
Today the result is that the app drawer shows all of them, in
undefined order. This makes it impossible to know which of them you
launch.
=== Proposal 1 ===
In the app drawer, have "badges" for apps that have multiple versions
installed, and a drop-down to select between the different versions.
Since we'd be grouping in the app drawer, I'd propose to group
elsewhere in the shell (launcher, switcher), with icon badges
indicating for each top-level window.
=== Proposal 2 ===
Have all the different versions listed as usual, but have unique
badges for those that have multiple versions.
In this case we'd treat all of them as completely separate in the rest
of the shell as well.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: unity8 8.15+17.04.20170303.1-0ubuntu1 [origin:
LP-PPA-ci-train-ppa-service-2481]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-9.11-generic 4.10.0
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Tue Mar 7 15:15:58 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-06 (304 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
SourcePackage: unity8
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2016-11-22 (105 days ago)
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