No way to know what is the the package name of an application
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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doc-gnome-hig (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: doc-gnome-hig
Here is a problem concerning bug reporting specially if you run Ubuntu in another langage than english
If i want to report a bug againt an application, i go to help menu>About and look at the name of the application, for instance "Moniteur Système" (i'm french).
but if i want to fill a bug report, i have to select a package. No way to know that "Moniteur Système" stands for "gnome-
Then i have to run Alacarte, click on the "Moniteur Système" entry, select properties and look at the command to get the name of "gnome-
Maybe there would be a lot more bugs reports if the package name could figure in the About box, close to the translated application name ?
For instance :
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| |
| Moniteur système 2.26.0 |
| (gnome-
| |
| Afficher les processus en cours et surveiller l'état du système |
| |
| copyright... |
| |
| Crédits Licence Fermer |
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my mistake
Ubuntu already provides a fix, with an appropriate entry in the help menu