Installations tab in 'History' shows packages installed during initial installation

Bug #1080838 reported by Brendan Donegan
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software-center (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

This is somewhat of a speculative bug since this behaviour may be intended.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Software Center
2. Select the History panel
3. Select the 'Installations' tab

Expected result:

Tab shows only packages installed specifically by the user

Actual result:

Tab shows all packages installed in the system, including by the initial install

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: software-center 5.5.0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-2.8-generic 3.7.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-2-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 19 19:35:09 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20121119)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan) wrote :
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

I can confirm this, and I agree that something like "Installed Ubuntu" instead of the whole packagelist isntalled by the initial install would be more appropriate, and even required if we are tending towards the application-based history [1].

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#A.2BIBw-History.2BIB0_section

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

That version is no more maintained

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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