Slow when selecting plugin/addons from e.g. geany

[Michael Vogt]

The plugin/addons code is slow and can cause hangs when selecting addons in e.g. "geany"

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

We need at least a busy cursor and proper event handling while the addons are marked.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.8

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software-center (5.3.8) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/display-price-property:
    - changes to displayed price and currency properties, for
      use by Unity
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/improve-dep8-feedback:
    - output failure logs for the dep8/ADT test runs on jenkins
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/oem-descriptor-in-user-agent:
    - include the oem-channel descriptor in the custom user agent
      string
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/size-calculation-via-aptdaemon:
    - moves the size calculation code outside of software-center
      into aptdaemon. This improves responsiveness and fixes the
      issues described in bug LP: #988854
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/reoder-lobby-screen:
    - This branch reoders the lobby screen according to the spec at
      https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Home_screen and move
      display limits into enums.py
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/refactor-move-displaystate:
    - internal refactor, move the DisplayState class into the
      softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.session.displaystate to make it more
      obvious to find

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * lp:~evfool/software-center/lp855581:
    - On checking the count of items in subcategories (in category view
      to hide the empty ones) the supported_only flag has been disregarded
      LP: #855581
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:30:26 +0200

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release