[Bug 1872958] [NEW] ubuntu-software keeps being replaced by snap-store

[Marcus Tomlinson]

Public bug reported:

In Focal, ubuntu-software (well, really gnome-software) has been
replaced by the snap-store snap. If one chooses to remove that snap and
reinstall ubuntu-software, they are forced to switch back to snap-store
in the next run of update-manager.

This is because update-manager only checks whether gnome-software was
manually installed to determine whether it should be replaced or not. If
the user installs it via ubuntu-software instead, gnome-software appears
auto-installed and thus re-replaced.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Critical
     Assignee: Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)
         Status: In Progress

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Description changed:

  In Focal, ubuntu-software (well, really gnome-software) has been
  replaced by the snap-store snap. If one chooses to remove that snap and
- reinstall ubuntu-software, they are forced to switch back to the snap-
- store snap in the next run of update-manager.
+ reinstall ubuntu-software, they are forced to switch back to snap-store
+ in the next run of update-manager.
  
- This is because, update-manager only checks whether gnome-software was
+ This is because update-manager only checks whether gnome-software was
  manually installed to determine whether it should be replaced or not. If
  the user installs it via ubuntu-software instead, gnome-software appears
  auto-installed and thus re-replaced.

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Title:
  ubuntu-software keeps being replaced by snap-store

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  In Focal, ubuntu-software (well, really gnome-software) has been
  replaced by the snap-store snap. If one chooses to remove that snap
  and reinstall ubuntu-software, they are forced to switch back to snap-
  store in the next run of update-manager.

  This is because update-manager only checks whether gnome-software was
  manually installed to determine whether it should be replaced or not.
  If the user installs it via ubuntu-software instead, gnome-software
  appears auto-installed and thus re-replaced.

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