[UIFE] Dash - All applications which are a dependency of Ubuntu Desktop should not have an uninstall button in their preview

[John Lea]

All applications which are a dependency of Ubuntu Desktop should not have an uninstall button in their Dash preview .

This is to stop users deleting critical parts of Ubuntu (like Nautilus) by mistake.

[Paweł Stołowski (stolowski)]

unity-lens-applications needs to know if application can be safely uninstalled or not (i.e. is a dependency of ubuntu-desktop); this information should be provided by software-center-dbus.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

We agreed to name the property "is_desktop_dependency" in the dataprovider.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.14

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software-center (5.3.14) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/trivial-renaming,
    lp:~mvo/software-center/trivial-rename2:
    - drop the Gtk suffix from two more classes and rename
      catview_gtk.py to catview and split out lobbyview
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/pep8-again:
    - add the software-center top level to the pep8 check
      and fix its pep8 errors
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/make-currency-part-of-the-db:
    - move the currency field into the database itself
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/merge-prev-purchases-lp969273:
    - change the way reinstall previous purchases is done,
      fixes double entries in the db, and items already
      purchased will display properly and will no longer
      display a price (LP: #969273)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/login-cleanup:
    - refactor and cleanup the login backend code, remove
      the unused interfaces for launchpad ppas
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1034894-again:
    - fix the navigation buttons to be displayed as a
      single button style (LP: #1034894)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/extra-unity-categories:
    - provide an ascii-only stable alias name for use
      by Unity for "Top Rated" and "What's New"
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/dataprovider-desktop-dependency-property:
    - add "is_desktop_dependency" property for the unity people
      (LP: #1047315)

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/handle-trans-cancel-lp1027209:
    - don't add an application to the Unity launcher for the case
      where an installation is cancelled (LP: #1027209)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:37:32 +0200

[John Lea (johnlea)]

UIFE ok'ed by design

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity-lens-applications - 6.6.0-0ubuntu1

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unity-lens-applications (6.6.0-0ubuntu1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Timo Jyrinki ]
  * New upstream release.
    - Home Lens requires binary names to be provided with results
      (LP: #1043775)
    - Dash - App Lens ratings are not working (LP: #1039789)
    - Dash - When an application is installed direct from a Dash Preview, the
      Software Centre should not be launched and the Software Centre window
      should not be opened (LP: #1045330)
    - [FFE][UIFE]Dash - Finesse the placement, movement and behaviour of the
      12.10 Dash (LP: #1049593)
    - Icons are missing in the previews for apps available for download
      (LP: #1050344)
    - Don't show 'Uninstall' button for critical apps (i.e. the ones that
      depend on ubuntu-desktop). (LP: #1047315)
    - List 10 'What's new' apps and the 12 'Top Rated' apps from Software
      Center in 'Apps Available for Download' before user performs any search
      if no filters are active. List 100 top rated apps according to active
      filters if search string is empty. (LP: #1045762)
    - Implemented price ribbons for Application Lens search results.
      (LP: #1049593)

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * debian/control:
    - build-dep on latest libunity
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:17:10 +0200