[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 701024] Re: Some "technical items" are not so technical

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

In 10.10, banshee-extension-magnatune 1.8.0-1ubuntu1~maverick1 does not
show up as an add-on for Banshee. If that's fixed in Natty, then great.

As for the original complaint, of opening USC and searching for
"magnatune", the issue there is that (a) Amarok has a .desktop file, (b)
Amarok's package description specifically mentions Magnatune, and (c)
whenever search results include an item that has a .desktop file, USC by
default hides as "technical items" any results that don't have one.

So, if you want either Banshee *or* the Banshee Magnatune extension to show up by default in USC when searching for "magnatune" (either of which would make the extension easy to find), there are five possibilities I can think of:
(1) Add a .desktop file to the banshee-extension-magnatune package.
(2) Remove the .desktop file from the amarok package. Obviously that won't happen.
(3) Remove the word "Magnatune" from Amarok's package description. The Amarok developers probably aren't interested in that either.
(4) Add the word "Magnatune" somewhere appropriate in Banshee's package description.
(5) Change USC's search algorithm so that it returns Banshee when searching for "Magnatune" simply because the word "Magnatune" is in the title of one of the add-ons.

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Title:
  Some "technical items" are not so technical

Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: software-center

Typical example: I just installed Banshee. I was using Rhythmbox, and the Magnatune option. I want to install it in Banshee, as it's missing. I open the software center, and simply type "Magnatune". There are a few results, but nothing related to Banshee. I didn't look into the "technical items" as I thought it would never be there. Why would this option to add a new music provider be "technical"? And as I discovered afterwards, it was actually in those technical items. 

To me, the "technical items" term is a quite misleading in this case. I don't think newbies will try to click on this option if they are looking for a new functionnality. And they will be left thinking that there is no option to do that with the software when in fact it was just a few clicks away.

I don't know what is the perfect solutions, maybe make a difference between the actual technical items and the "add-ons" like this?