Display changelog with app updates

Bug #1494699 reported by Alexander Dobetsberger
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This bug affects 19 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Fix Released
Wishlist
Bill Filler
ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Jonas G. Drange

Bug Description

When updating apps there is no easy way to see what has changed in the new version.

When i want to know what is new in this version i have to:
1) open the store
2) search for the app
3) click on the result
4) wait for it to load, scroll down and read the changelog
5) switch back to system settings and start the update

It would be very nice if you could expand the row for each app and look at the changes.

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#presenting-individual>: "For any update, tapping the version number should toggle visibility of the update’s description immediately below."

Tags: updates

Related branches

summary: - Display changelog witch App Updates
+ Display changelog witch app updates
summary: - Display changelog witch app updates
+ Display changelog with app updates
description: updated
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Alberto Mardegan (mardy) wrote :

Thanks Alexander for reporting this. I'll move to the ubuntu-ux project: this needs to be handled by our UI designers first.

affects: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-ux
summary: - Display changelog with app updates
+ [app store] Display changelog with app updates
Changed in ubuntu-ux:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Paty Davila (dizzypaty)
Revision history for this message
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote : Re: [app store] Display changelog with app updates

I added this to the spec for system updates in August 2013:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev2=120&rev1=119>

And extended it to app updates later the same month:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev2=134&rev1=133>

affects: ubuntu-ux → ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
Changed in ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu):
assignee: Paty Davila (dizzypaty) → nobody
description: updated
summary: - [app store] Display changelog with app updates
+ Display changelog with app updates
Revision history for this message
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) wrote :

I have a branch which adds the changelog to the Update object, not in the UI yet. lp:~ken-vandine/ubuntu-system-settings/changelogs

tags: added: updates
Changed in ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Jonas G. Drange (jonas-drange)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee: nobody → Bill Filler (bfiller)
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
milestone: none → backlog
status: New → In Progress
Changed in ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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