1st login when purchasing software does not remember username

[David Pitkin]

When a user is purchasing software the first login screen does not remember the username that was previously used to login, this can be provided as a hint since we know the username in the client and open the login.

TEST CASE:
- use precise
- click "buy" a zero-cost application like "knightstour"
- verify that the email field is not populated

- install the version from precise-proposed
- click on "enable recommendations" in the main lobby view (to trigger a login that in turn will trigger entering the mail address)
- click on "buy" for a zero-cost or for-purchase application
- verify that this time the email field is not blank

Regression potential: If that breaks, the user will have to manually enter his/her email.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

What we have readily availabe in the gnome-keyring is the openid ID of the user. This could be send to the server.
Alternatively we can cache the username in the config and use that.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.10

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software-center (5.3.10) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * lp:~evfool/software-center/lp1034894:
    - Set the linked style class to the back and forward buttons as
      requested in bug #1034894.

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-more-dep8,
    lp:~mvo/software-center/more-dep8-again:
    - additional set of updates to fix issues in the
      dep8/ADT test runs on jenkins
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-chroot-lp1040311:
    - fix crash if there is no system dbus, this can
      happen e.g. when running inside a chroot
      environment (LP: #1040311)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/recagent-test-cleanup:
    - consolidate code in test_recagent into common
      functions
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1043152:
    - ensure that any white space is properly stripped from
      package lists received from the agent (LP: #1043152)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/auto-fill-email-for-login:
    - allow auto-fill of the email in login.ubuntu.com if
      we have it (LP: #1042279)
  * tests/gtk3/test_unity_launcher_integration.py:
    - fix patching of softwarecenter.utils.is_unity_running
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/purchaseview.py:
    - fix SEGV in tests/gtk3/test_purchase.py by initialising the
      parent object properly

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/recommender-panel-visual-tweaks:
    - add support for two sizes of spinner to the spinner widget and use
      the smaller one for the lobby/category screen panels
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/update-to-latest-recommender-client:
    - update to the latest recommender client API from
      lp:~canonical-ca-hackers/ubuntu-recommender/ubuntu-recommender-client
      and replaces the deprecated recommend_me call with the new recommend_me
      call that includes the UUID
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/recommender-unit-test-updates:
    - update unit test to accomodate the new subcategory that has been
      added to the themes and tweaks category
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:22:58 +0200

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hi Michael. This needs a test case at the very least, and an assertion in the description about any specific areas where regressions might be introduced.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

<BUMP> We still need a test case for this bug.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

I've rejected the software-center SRU from the precise-proposed queue, as bug #1006570 and bug #1042279 have been waiting for test cases and regression potential for over a month now.

Once these bugs have the necessary information for an SRU, please ping me or another an SRU team member in #ubuntu-release and we can fish it out of the rejected queue.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Hello David, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-center into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/5.2.7 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)]

Verified, e-mail now pre-filled with the test case.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.2.7

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software-center (5.2.7) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * lp:~mvo/software-center/oem-descriptor-in-user-agent-5.2:
    - include the oem-channel descriptor in the custom user agent
      string (LP: #1042749)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/auto-fill-email-for-login:
    - allow auto-fill of the email in login.ubuntu.com if
      we have it (LP: #1042279)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-memleak-5.2:
    - fix two memory leaks when the cache is re-opened after
      a package has been installed/removed (LP: #1003466)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/region-whitelist-5.2:
    - fix missing region whitelist support that is used by
      the software-center-agent (LP: #1006570)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/downloader-fix-race839462-again-5.2:
    - fix a race condition in the SimpleFileDownloader when the file
      is downloaded but the signal did not get delivered yet by the
      gtk event loop (LP: #1055441)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:39:43 +0200