The bug still exists in the current version of Ubuntu Software Center on
Trusty 14.04.2 LTS. Reopening.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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Title:
Unclear where "technical items" are hidden
Status in software-center package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
This is a usability issue.
I tried to install Xen using Ubuntu Software Center. First I searched
for "xen" but didn't find the hypervisor. I tried a few options like
"*xen*" and some others, but I only got xenwatch, xenlog and vnc-
client among my search results. I gave up and used apt-get.
I later discovered:
1. Searching for "xen-" instead of just "xen" DOES show xen-hypervisor
options. Explain that!?
2. There's a well hidden "Show XX technical items" at the bottom of the
window.
This is bad usability. The "technical items" definition seems useless.
Aren't xenwatch, xenlog and vnc-client technical items? What exactly
is a "technical item"?
But if you insist on hiding packages like that, there should be a
clearly visible meta-entry among the search results to show the rest
of the entries.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-center 5.4.1.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.39-generic 3.5.7.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 4 16:29:15 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-25 (861 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-12-20 (74 days ago)
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