[Bug 597227] Re: Should Metacity really show up as a program in Software Center instead of a system package?

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: software-center
+ software-center 2.0.5, Ubuntu 10.04
+ software-center 4.0.4, Ubuntu 11.04
  
- Since Metacity shows up as a program, it also shows up in the "Installed
- Software" list, so any user can be looking through the installed
- software and think, "Metacity? GTK window manager? What's that? I don't
- need that!" and remove it, which I'm sure would cause some serious
- problems if that user decided to turn off visual effects or never had
- them on in the first place. Also, Metacity seems more like a system
- package than a program.
+ 1. Navigate to "Installed Software".
+ 2. Scroll down to M.
  
- (And by the way, I don't think every word needs to be capitalized in
- some parts of Software Center, like "Get Software" and "Installed
- Software.")
+ What happens: Metacity shows up by default.
  
- ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
- Package: software-center 2.0.5
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
- Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
- NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
- Architecture: i386
- Date: Tue Jun 22 07:45:05 2010
- InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
- PackageArchitecture: all
- ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=en_US.utf8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
- SourcePackage: software-center
+ Any user can be looking through the installed software and think,
+ "Metacity? GTK window manager? What's that? I don't need that!" and
+ remove it, which I'm sure would cause some serious problems if that user
+ decided to turn off visual effects or never had them on in the first
+ place. Also, Metacity seems more like a system package than a program.
+ 
+ What should happen: Metacity should be hidden by default, not appearing
+ unless you choose "Show ____ technical items".
+ 
+ This can be implemented by removing Metacity's desktop file.
+ 
+ [This bug report also previously mentioned capitalization of "Get
+ Software" and "Installed Software", which is mostly obviated by the 5.0
+ redesign.]

** Tags removed: i386 lucid
** Tags added: metadata

** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

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Title:
  Should Metacity really show up as a program in Software Center instead
  of a system package?

Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  software-center 2.0.5, Ubuntu 10.04
  software-center 4.0.4, Ubuntu 11.04

  1. Navigate to "Installed Software".
  2. Scroll down to M.

  What happens: Metacity shows up by default.

  Any user can be looking through the installed software and think,
  "Metacity? GTK window manager? What's that? I don't need that!" and
  remove it, which I'm sure would cause some serious problems if that
  user decided to turn off visual effects or never had them on in the
  first place. Also, Metacity seems more like a system package than a
  program.

  What should happen: Metacity should be hidden by default, not
  appearing unless you choose "Show ____ technical items".

  This can be implemented by removing Metacity's desktop file.

  [This bug report also previously mentioned capitalization of "Get
  Software" and "Installed Software", which is mostly obviated by the
  5.0 redesign.]

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