| 2011-07-28 12:01:48 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
Binary package hint: software-center
Since Metacity shows up as a program, it also shows up in the "Installed Software" list, so any user can be looking through the installed software and think, "Metacity? GTK window manager? What's that? I don't need that!" and remove it, which I'm sure would cause some serious problems if that user decided to turn off visual effects or never had them on in the first place. Also, Metacity seems more like a system package than a program.
(And by the way, I don't think every word needs to be capitalized in some parts of Software Center, like "Get Software" and "Installed Software.")
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: software-center 2.0.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 22 07:45:05 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center |
software-center 2.0.5, Ubuntu 10.04
software-center 4.0.4, Ubuntu 11.04
1. Navigate to "Installed Software".
2. Scroll down to M.
What happens: Metacity shows up by default.
Any user can be looking through the installed software and think, "Metacity? GTK window manager? What's that? I don't need that!" and remove it, which I'm sure would cause some serious problems if that user decided to turn off visual effects or never had them on in the first place. Also, Metacity seems more like a system package than a program.
What should happen: Metacity should be hidden by default, not appearing unless you choose "Show ____ technical items".
This can be implemented by removing Metacity's desktop file.
[This bug report also previously mentioned capitalization of "Get Software" and "Installed Software", which is mostly obviated by the 5.0 redesign.] |
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