[software-center] `unattended` == PornView
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
This may not necessarily be considered a bug in software-center, as it is mostly just displaying content that exists in the Ubuntu package archives, but I thought I should raise this as a potential issue to consider as this genuinely just happened today :-)
In the office at work, someone asked me "how can I get Ubuntu to automatically install all security updates for me?"
So I told them about the 'unattended-
PornView
PornView is an image and movie viewer/manager with thumbnail previews.
Additional features includes thumbnail caching, directory tree views,
adjustable zoom, and fullscreen view. Slideshows allow for _unattended_
presentation of images for hands-free viewing. Pornview is written
using GTK+.
Now, I'm far from being a prude, but multiple questions arise from this:
1) Should such an app be included in universe when Ubuntu is pushing for inclusion in office workplaces and in schools? At the least, judging from the description, it sound like it should be pushed out to multiverse really?
2) Should software-center provide some sort of 'safesearch' option to prevent certain apps from being displayed by default?
3) ...
Any thoughts?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.10
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 26 14:34:51 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101213)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Multiverse is for non-Free software. As far as I know, Pornview is Free Software, so putting it in Multiverse would be inappropriate.
pornview, bible-kjv-text, zekr, and the fabled ubuntu-calendar are relatively mild examples of how we need maturity classifications for software, so that you can filter them out of USC if you prefer. This will become more important as Ubuntu gets more games. Right now, though, there is no way for USC to tell whether a package contains depictions of nudity or torture or genocide or whatever. So the first thing to do would be to design a standard way for classifications to be included in package metadata.