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snaps, flatpacks, and debs belong in a single entry

Bug #1873247 reported by Steven Jay Cohen on 2020-04-16

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-software (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Open gnome-software and search for darktable (or any package that exists as a snap, a deb, and a flatpack).

You will find 2 entries for darktable in the list. One entry bundles the deb and the flatpack, letting you choose one from a drop down menu. The other entry lists the snap, alone.

If the functionality already exists to bundle menu entries, then snaps should take advantage of it.

In cases where the list is long (search Zoom as an example), one entry may be at the top and the other only visible if you scroll down quite a way.

Not bundling all options into a single entry obfuscates choice and reduces clarity/findability.

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Steven Jay Cohen (stevenjaycohen) wrote on 2020-04-16:

Showing that Flatpacks & debs already bundle together and snaps do not Edit (330.3 KiB, image/png)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2020-04-27:

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

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2020-04-27:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1790814, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.