"Canonical-maintained" tooltip is misleading about Canonical support
Bug #263689 reported by
Matthew Paul Thomas
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-app-install (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-app-install
1. bzr branch lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/gnome-app-install/main
2. cd main
3. ./gnome-app-install
4. In the "Show" menu, hover over "Canonical-
What you see: "Show only applications that come with full technical and security support by Canonical Ltd."
This is misleading, because it suggests that {applications Canonical maintains} == {applications Canonical provides technical support for}, and because it invents something called "security support".
What you should see: As specified in <https:/
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This wording is also personally offensive to me. You guys know full well that Canonical doesn't maintain everything in Main, so why say something like that? What are you trying to say to users here? "Canonical- supported" is bearable, even if stretching a bit. If you read the definition of "main" on http:// www.ubuntu. com/community/ ubuntustory/ components you will see "Canonical" nowhere, so why is it being used?