Software item screen has unspecified "Share via microblog" item
Bug #592619 reported by
Matthew Paul Thomas
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Matthew Paul Thomas |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
software-center trunk r841, Ubuntu 10.04
1. Navigate to "Get Software" > "Developer Tools" > "Libraries" > "akonadi-dbg".
What happens: The software item screen contains a "Share via microblog" link.
This link isn't in the specification, it uses the word "microblog", and it doesn't seem to do anything. Why does it exist?
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Hi mpt! This is a new feature that Ken VanDine added to Software Center as part of the Social From the Start (Maverick) blueprint:
https:/ /blueprints. edge.launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +spec/desktop- maverick- social- api
If you try it on Lucid, then indeed clicking the link will do nothing (you'll get the following stacktrace):
Traceback (most recent call last): gwibber- poster" , line 112, in <module> ndow() gwibber- poster" , line 84, in __init__ set_icon_ from_file( resources. get_ui_ asset(" gwibber. svg"))
File "/usr/bin/
w = GwibberPosterWi
File "/usr/bin/
self.
NameError: global name 'resources' is not defined
However, try it on Maverick and clicking the link will bring up a "Gwibber Poster" dialog (hence the term "microblog") that will allow you to post the text "Check out apturl:akonadi-dbg" via Gwibber.
At this point the basic functionality is there and working, but certainly design work is welcome. And no question that whatever we determine the desired user experience to be, it should be included in the Software Center spec.