We haven't done any usability testing on searching for packages, as
opposed to applications. That would be pretty far down our priority
list, unfortunately.
If there was actually a package named "numpy", it would show up as #1 in
the search results without having to click "Show technical items". See
for example the results for "licq", which returns the base licq package
(because it's an exact name match) above the KDE4 and Qt4 Licq
applications.
But there isn't a package named "numpy". The base packages seem to be
called python-numpy and python3-numpy. If one of those was renamed to
numpy, the problem would be solved. (It's the same with SciPy: python-
scipy and python3-scipy.)
With their current names, though, I don't know on what algorithmic
grounds we could possibly make either of those two packages show up in
default search results for "numpy" without sowing confusion in most
other searches.
As for making the link easier to see, I do think it should be black
rather than orange. That might help, but beyond that I'd rather get more
data before changing its appearance much.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985963
Title:
Software Centre search function is useless for finding packages as
they are hidden under "technical items"
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Searching for packages in the software centre gives very poor results.
For example, I wanted to install numpy.
Search 'numpy':
4 unrelated results that happen to mention Numpy in their description (oddly
enough, the numpy package mentions numpy in its description too, but doesn't
get returned as a search result).
Search 'Numerical Python':
3 new unrelated results
Search 'Scipy':
4 unrelated results
Search 'Scientific Python':
6 unrelated results
Search 'Matplotlib':
This one *actually works* and returns a list of all the matplotlib packages.
How on Earth is this supposed to be a replacement for Synaptic? I
can't find anything I need with it.
This is on Ubuntu Software Centre 5.2, fresh install / fully updated
Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2.
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