Hello Gary, or anyone else affected, Accepted software-center into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software- center/5.2.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu Precise) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- 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/986437 Title: String Freeze Exception for recommendations opt-in panel text Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “software-center” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “software-center” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: TEST CASE: 1. open software-center 2. ensure that the word "anonymous" is in the text of the panel on the the bottom of the lobby page in the "Recommended for you" text 3. install software-center from precise-proposed 4. close/reopen software-center, verify that this time the word "anonymous" is no longer there 5. for bonus points switch to a different well translated language to ensure that the string is still translated We need to remove the word "anonymous" from the opt-in panel text, per mpt's comment #5 in bug 967064: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software- center/+bug/967064/comments/5 We need to do this because we currently require the user to have an SSO account and to be logged into it so that they can receive personalized recommendations. Given that, even though the list of uploaded packages is not tracked in any way, it is nevertheless not accurate to use the word "anonymous" in the opt-in text, The diff is very simple: === modified file 'softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/recommendations.py' --- softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/recommendations.py 2012-04-15 23:53:57 +0000 +++ softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/recommendations.py 2012-04-16 00:00:36 +0000 @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ TURN_ON_RECOMMENDATIONS_TEXT = _(u"Turn On Recommendations") RECOMMENDATIONS_OPT_IN_TEXT = _(u"To make recommendations, " "Ubuntu Software Center " - "will occasionally send to Canonical an anonymous list " + "will occasionally send to Canonical a list " "of software currently installed.") def __init__(self, catview): To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/986437/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp