Hey mpt! Just to be clear, those actually are PPAs that are being
displayed for purchased items. Each time an item is purchased, a new
private PPA is added that provides access to the purchased item. We are
simply displaying these as we display all PPAs, private or public.
That said, I do agree that it's likely confusing for most users to have
these sources appear, and in fact now that we have many items for
purchase these commercial PPAs can really litter the viewswitcher panel
if folks buy more than a few items. Also, it doesn't really serve any
useful purpose to show these PPAs since access to the purchased items
for remove and reinstall is available via the "For Purchase" node.
I actually have a very old branch that hides these PPAs. It's a super-
simple change actually. We just chose not to merge it up to this point,
but I am thinking that we really should for the Natty release. I'll
attach the branch.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
** Branch linked: lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/hide-purchased-ppas
** Summary changed:
- Extra Section in USC.
+ Private PPA sources that are added for purchased items should not be displayed
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Private PPA sources that are added for purchased items should not be
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