"Compiz" inappropriately described as an "application"

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

apport 2.6.1-0ubuntu9, compiz 1:0.9.8.6-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 12.10

1. Experience a crash in compiz.

What happens: "The application Compiz has closed unexpectedly. ( Show Details ) ( Leave Closed ) ( Relaunch)"

What's wrong with this: Compiz is not an application, and people shouldn't have to know it by name.

What should happen: "Sorry, Ubuntu has experienced an internal error. ( Show Details ) ( Continue )"

This might be because the compiz package contains a .desktop file when it should not.

"Relaunch" is offered as a possible action when Compiz has already relaunched, but that is bug 993400, not this bug.

(This bug featured in <http://www.pcgamesn.com/tf2/how-install-ubuntu-alongside-windows-grab-your-team-fortress-2-penguin-and-get-hell-out-there>.)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Apport customization is not part of the compiz package. But I don't know where it lives exactly.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]