[Bug 774590] Re: An option to Purchase software is not visible in Ubuntu 11.04 S/w center

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

As originally reported, this bug is Invalid. It is not necessary to
expand the "Get Software" branch to access paid applications: they are
included in the overall "Get Software" collection.

Nor is it necessary to expand the branch to access Independent
applications: they too are included in the overall "Get Software"
collection.

The reason I specified that the branches should be collapsed on first
launch <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#channels> is that the
child items are interesting only to people who need to see which items
are in which repository, and distracting to the majority who do not. I
think expanding them by default would be a regression.

And the reason I specified that the expanded or collapsed state should
persist between sessions is that remembering state is generally the
right thing to do. So I think resetting to expanded state on each launch
would be a regression too.

If we really thought all sources should be visible on each launch, there
would be little use in them being nested items at all -- they could be
top-level items, with a separator between the "Get Software" group and
the "Installed" group.

So, I would prefer it if the upload could be removed from -proposed, and
this particular change reverted from both 4.0.x and trunk. I'm sorry I
didn't see that this bug report had been reopened until now, because I
was busy working on the USC5 design. Incidentally, it is likely the "Get
Software" tree branch may be replaced by a single toolbar button, hiding
the individual sources even further.

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Title:
  An option to Purchase software is not visible in Ubuntu 11.04 S/w
  center

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Natty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: software-center

  Option to view paid softwares available in Software center is not
  present which was in previous versions.

  TEST CASE for SRU:

  This is a usability fix that simply always expands the left pane's
  "Get Software" item on launch so that its subitems are always visible
  and available. To test this fix:

  1. Update to Software Center 4.0.3 in natty-proposed.
  2. Open Software Center and verify that the "Get Software" item is expanded.
  3. Collapse both the "Get Software" and "Installed Software" items.
  4. Close Software Center.
  5. Reopen Software Center and verify that the "Get Software" item is expanded while the "Installed Software" item remains collapsed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-center 4.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun May  1 08:07:32 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)