Installed programs disappear from “What's new” and “Best rated” sections after restarting USC
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Quantal |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Raring |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu 12.04, USC 5.2.2.2
TEST CASE:
1. install quantal
2. install ubuntu-
3. open software-center and verify that ubuntu-
4. install software-center from quantal-proposed
5. open software-center and verify that ubuntu-
Regression potential: low, its just a .menu-file change
I've installed an app which was in “What's new” category. Later on, after restarting USC, I noticed the app I installed disappeared from “What's new” list. I was confused because I wanted to review the app. Well, I thought, probably there was a problem with the app and it was removed from USC. Tough luck.
After few days I've installed another app from “What's new” list and again noticed the app is no longer there after restarting USC. This time I thought it can't be some coincidence. I've tested a little more and it looks like a bug in USC.
The problem also affects apps listed in “Best rated” and “Recommended” categories.
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Related branches
- Gary Lasker (community): Approve
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Diff: 47 lines (+4/-4)3 files modifieddata/extra-unity-categories.menu.in (+0/-1)
data/top-rated.menu.in (+0/-1)
softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/buttons.py (+4/-2)
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Hello mmiicc, and thanks for your report! In fact, it is by design that the What's New list does not include installed items. The reason is that we don't feel it's useful information to show new items that are already installed. This section is there to show what new things are available that might be interesting to the person using Software Center.
Therefore, once you've installed one of these items, it is removed from this list.
Please just use the search feature to find the installed app and you can review it from there (and, btw, thank for doing reviews!!!).
I'll close this one as this is the specified behavior.
Thanks again for your help, both now and many times in the past!
Gary