[Vote] PPA Software Center

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Bhavani Shankar R <bhavi at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Allison Randal <allison at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> On 09/02/2012 07:44 AM, Bhavani Shankar R wrote:
>>>
>>> Just did some basic functionality and have a few doubts here:
>>>
>>> the app searches fine for app showdown related ppas (for instance
>>> alg3py) but it searches forever for a package for example like
>>> mobile-broadband-provider-info which is available here:
>>>
>>> https://launchpad.net/~udienz/+archive/lucid-bpo
>>>
>>> Please feel to correct me if I am wrong
>>>
>>> Reverting back to +0 until then
>>
>> It doesn't look like that PPA has the mobile-broadband-provider-info
>> package built for Precise (or for any release more recent than Natty).
>> I'd expect it a tool like PPA Software Center to only return results
>> that could be installed in my current machine.
>>
>> Allison
>
> Yes I thought the same but the package description says
>
> Description: Search packages in Launchpad's PPAs
>  With PPA Software Center you can search packages in Launchpad's PPAs
>  (you must know the package name or part of it) and simply install them
>  by executing a shell command that the software suggests you.
>
> So just wanted a confirmation.
>
> Now searched with kphotoalbum here:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~dominik-stadler/+archive/dsta-precise-ppa and
> it showed up
>
> So it only searches for the packages in current precise release
>
> Thanks for raising my thought bar Allison!
>
> +1 now
>
> Regards
>

Hmm now I searched for packages in oneiric release here:
https://launchpad.net/~dominik-stadler/+archive/dsta-precise-ppa and
it showed up :)

Uploading it to extras  PPA now

Regards,
-- 
Bhavani Shankar
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