The Software Center contains no information about minimum requirements
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
software-center 3.0.4, Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu Software Center contains no information about minimum hardware requirements for the listed applications.
This is not usually a problem, since most of the software is free, and can easily be uninstalled if ones computer can't handle. However, with the introduction of commercial software, one can be in a situation where the software one has purchased will not run properly on one's hardware.
For instance, I recently purchased the game Brukkon. An excellent game, I'm sure, but it is unplayable on my netbook, and I had no way to know that my netbook wasn't powerful enough.
I also own a desktop machine, so I can enjoy the game there, but some people may only own a netbook, or an old laptop, or maybe there will soon be games in the Software Center with much higher hardware requirements.
For this reason, I suggest that it should be a requirement for all commercial software that wants to get into the Software Center to list its minimum hardware requirements in the description.
Client specification: https:/
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
importance: | Wishlist → High |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
assignee: | nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo) |
Confirming (though it probably will be set to a reasonably important wishlist item)