If a software source is disabled while viewing the details view for a package and that package is no longer available, the statement "software catalogue needs updating" is displayed
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Michael Vogt | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
(description updated per changes in software-center 1.1.23, see comment #3)
Ubuntu Software Center 1.1.23, Ubuntu Lucid
1. Open Software Center and choose menu item "Edit->Software Sources..." to open the Software Sources dialog.
2. Make sure that the checkbox for "Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)" is checked.
3. Close the Software Sources dialog.
4. In "Get Software" view, navigate to "Fonts" and select the package "ttf-mscorefont
5. Click "More Info" to view the details for this package.
6. Observe that the package is available to be installed, as indicated by the presence of the "Install - Free" button.
7. Again, open the Software Sources dialog using menu item "Edit->Software Sources...".
8. In the Software Sources dialog, uncheck the "Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)" item.
9. Close the Software Sources dialog, and observe the "In Progress" node appears for a short time in the left pane.
8. After the "In Progress" node disappears, the details view for "ttf-mscorefont
What happens:
After the details view for "ttf-mscorefont
What should happen:
I'm not completely sure about what we should do about the details view display. The item is in fact no longer available in the software sources, so it is correctly not installable. However, the message is misleading since there's no way to "update the catalog". Maybe all we'd need to do is change the text to read something like "This software item is no longer available in your sources sources." or such (though, of course we are way past string freeze so this really isn't an option for Lucid).
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
assignee: | nobody → Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Still says "software catalogue needs updating" after updating it + If a software source is disabled while viewing the details view for a + package and that package is no longer available, the statement "software + catalogue needs updating" is displayed |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
The 'Microsoft core fonts' package seems to illustrate this behaviour.