** Summary changed: - software-center doesn't alert when trying to delete python + software-center doesn't alert when trying to delete packages
** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center On a fresh 9.10 install with latest updates, when a user opens Ubuntu - Software Center and tries to delete Python, there isn't any alert - although many packages depend on it. The software just requests the - password without any other confirmation. + Software Center and tries to delete a package who has dependencies on + it, there isn't any alert. The software just requests the password + without any other confirmation. This behaviour doesn't follow the guidelines explained at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Removing%20an%20application - After the removal process is started, X shutdowns itself and the distribution becomes pretty broken. Software center should prevent important packages removal like python since other apt frontends already do that. + After the removal process is started, X shutdowns itself and the distribution becomes pretty broken. - I'm really astonished this bug wasn't found during the beta, how could - this slip through some revision process? + After some digging I've found this bug can be replicated with Italian or + French language, but doesn't with English language, so it seems related + to localization. It still remains critical, for people who don't use + Ubuntu in English. Ubuntu version: 9.10 software-center version: 1.0.2 ** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center On a fresh 9.10 install with latest updates, when a user opens Ubuntu Software Center and tries to delete a package who has dependencies on it, there isn't any alert. The software just requests the password without any other confirmation. This behaviour doesn't follow the guidelines explained at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Removing%20an%20application After the removal process is started, X shutdowns itself and the distribution becomes pretty broken. After some digging I've found this bug can be replicated with Italian or - French language, but doesn't with English language, so it seems related - to localization. It still remains critical, for people who don't use - Ubuntu in English. + French language, but doesn't happen with English language, so it seems + related to localization. It still remains critical, for people who don't + use Ubuntu in English. Ubuntu version: 9.10 software-center version: 1.0.2 ** Summary changed: - software-center doesn't alert when trying to delete packages + software-center doesn't alert when trying to delete important packages -- software-center doesn't alert when trying to delete important packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486474 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
