Application not offered to be added to launcher if installed from list

[Ethan Miller]

Binary package hint: software-center

When a program is being installed from the list view such as the search results page, there is no prompt to add it to the launcher even if the details view is opened.

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

The next development release of Software Center in Precise includes an implementation of the updated Unity launcher integration specification, as described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#launching . With this new implementation, the slide-in panel that prompts to add an application to the launcher is no longer used, and instead the features is enabled for all applications by checking the new menu item "View->New Applications in Launcher” (and this is enabled by default).

This new functionality works for both the applications details view (as before) and now also for applications being installed via list views (category, search, etc.).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.1.3

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software-center (5.1.3) precise; urgency=low

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * Show For version x string instead of for this version when the
    app version is unknown (LP: #889080)

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/system-wide-license-key-fixes:
    - add support for installing system-wide license keys
      via aptdaemon
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/appdetailsview-cleanup:
    - lots of cleanup for the details view code, merges appdetailsview
      and appdetailsview_gtk, increases unit test coverage
  * debian/control:
    - update dependency from python-gobject to python-gi

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/launcher-integration-for-p:
    - implement automatic adding of all newly installed applications to
      the Unity launcher per the latest specification, this can be
      disabled via menu item "View->Add Applications in Launcher"
      (LP: #761851, LP: #756599, LP: #756701, LP: #773769)
  * test/graph/gen-test-coverage-data.sh,
    test/graph/plot-test-coverage.py:
    - create a graph to track unit test coverage

  [ Kiwinote ]
  * lp:~kiwinote/software-center/fix-icon-updating:
    - fix _update_app_icon() regression
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:03:34 +0100