This bug still exists in 13.04, selecting any of the categories and then ordering by name seems to result in a completely random sequencing of the available applications.
I have included and example screenshot showing what happens if selecting 'Games' -> 'All 590' and the choosing 'By Name' as you can see the first three games are 'xrubik', 'Keen' and 'Warmux' in that order. In addition the ordering is now not even based on the description field as the first words of these descriptions are 'Rubik', 'Game' and 'A'. The same result happens regardless of which section of the Software Centre is being viewed. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of Software Centre sort by name bug." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1031529/+attachment/3540776/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-02-21%2022%3A10%3A46.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031529 Title: Sort by name sorts by description Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Version: software-center 5.2.3 (from Ubuntu 12.04 on amd64) Having searched for a fragment of a package name, I wanted to sort the results by package name. Sadly, selecting sort "By Name" in the dropdown list in fact sorts the results by the first line of the Description from the debfile. Please rename "Sort By Name" to be less confusing and add a "Sort By Package Name" or similar. Workaround: install synaptic. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1031529/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
