[Bug 794458] [NEW] “Not Found”, but can buy for $US9.99 after following link to http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/braid

[Andrew Bennetts]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: software-center

I just read <http://blog.canonical.com/2011/06/07/ubuntu-software-
center-adds-braid/>, and followed its link to
<http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/braid>.  This lead to Software Centre being
opened, but without the desired result: “Not Found”

But even though it is not found, and it says “[t]here isn't a software
package called "Braid" in your current software sources” it still says
there are “3 ratings” and gives me a price and a Buy button!

Apparently there are multiple data sources for this screen, and they are
a) out of sync, and b) software-center isn't clever enough to try
refreshing them automatically in this situation, and so c) it shows
obviously nonsensical info to the user with the out-of-sync data.  I
suspect b) and/or c) are things that software-center can do better.

Screenshot attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 4.0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun  8 19:28:43 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-11 (57 days ago)

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty running-unity

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Title:
  “Not Found”, but can buy for $US9.99 after following link to
  http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/braid

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: software-center

  I just read <http://blog.canonical.com/2011/06/07/ubuntu-software-
  center-adds-braid/>, and followed its link to
  <http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/braid>.  This lead to Software Centre being
  opened, but without the desired result: “Not Found”

  But even though it is not found, and it says “[t]here isn't a software
  package called "Braid" in your current software sources” it still says
  there are “3 ratings” and gives me a price and a Buy button!

  Apparently there are multiple data sources for this screen, and they
  are a) out of sync, and b) software-center isn't clever enough to try
  refreshing them automatically in this situation, and so c) it shows
  obviously nonsensical info to the user with the out-of-sync data.  I
  suspect b) and/or c) are things that software-center can do better.

  Screenshot attached.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-center 4.0.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Jun  8 19:28:43 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-11 (57 days ago)