URLs in description are not links

[Walther Zwart]

Binary package hint: software-center

There are several packages that mention a URL in the description but you cannot click it to open the URL.

For instance the package called "ubuntu restricted extras" says in two places: "Please see http://...". In other words it is specifically asking the user to go somewhere, but you cannot click on the link. You can't even copy/paste the link with right click or Ctrl+C. Apparently the user is supposed to type the whole URL manually.

This is in software-center 1.0

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 3f2c5f2bf6fc6245c1f21a691479761b
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Sat Oct 17 11:38:37 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: software-center 1.0
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: software-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:9903): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:10034): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:10025): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (gnome-panel:10024): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -6 and height 24

[Andrew (and471)]

Fixed in my branch

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for the changes in your branch. Unfortuantly they are not enough to make the links work, I put the full fix in trunk/ now, but its IMO too intrusive for karmic

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 1.1

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software-center (1.1) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * merged from Andrew Higginson, many thanks
    - fix hardcoded fonts (LP:#456604)
    - changed paste menu item to be ctrl+V
  * merged from Luke Symes, many thanks:
    - add suppoprt for authenticated proxies
  * softwarecenter/view/appdetailsview.py:
    - support uris in the app description (LP: #454246)
    - fix in details view
    - use regexp
    - fix test
  * softwarecenter/view/dialogs.py:
    - make removal dialog modal (LP: #455327)
  * debian/control:
    - add recommends on python-launchpad-integration
  * softwarecenter/distro/Ubuntu.py:
    - add distro backend class that dynamically detects what distro
      to use and move distro specifc stuff (like screenshot url etc)
      there
    - move maitainance end calculation here
  * softwarecenter/view/softwarepane.py:
    - default to new pathbar
  * softwarecenter/backend/aptd.py:
    - move the aptdaemon backend code here
  * softwarecenter/utils.py:
    - move proxy code into a generic utility function
  * debian/control:
    - add recommends to apt-xapian-index to enable support for
      non-application packages
  * merge the lp:~mvo/software-center/non-apps branch

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * softwarecenter/distro/Debian.py:
    - introduce the Debian version of Ubuntu.py.
  * softwarecenter/view/{catview.py,appdetailsview.py}:
    - return the int of self._get_font_description_property("weight")
      if it has no member named 'real'.
  * Fix indentation in various files.
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:49:56 +0100