Public bug reported:
A new game called Oniken was released to the Software Center. After a
short time in the "What's New" section, a bunch of issues of the same
magazine came along and cleared out all the genuine software. The Oniken
title has a lesser chance of being seen by Ubuntu users as a result.
Also, the entire "What's New" section now only has various issues of the
same magazine in it (unless you click "More").
What should happen: A particular magazine should only be allowed *one*
slot of the eight or ten available on the home screen of USC. If new
issues are released while a prior one is still in the What's New
section, it should replace it, not get added and flood the area.
The "What's New" area is very important for new titles. For purchased
software, I have discovered them either in that section or in the
advertising banner above. Implementing a solution like above would be
much fairer to publishers trying to get the content (software or
magazines) displayed to new users.
** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "whatsnew-usc1.png"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133217/+attachment/3547427/+files/whatsnew-usc1.png
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Title:
What's New section: Stop multiple magazine issues clearing out new
software releases
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
A new game called Oniken was released to the Software Center. After a
short time in the "What's New" section, a bunch of issues of the same
magazine came along and cleared out all the genuine software. The
Oniken title has a lesser chance of being seen by Ubuntu users as a
result. Also, the entire "What's New" section now only has various
issues of the same magazine in it (unless you click "More").
What should happen: A particular magazine should only be allowed *one*
slot of the eight or ten available on the home screen of USC. If new
issues are released while a prior one is still in the What's New
section, it should replace it, not get added and flood the area.
The "What's New" area is very important for new titles. For purchased
software, I have discovered them either in that section or in the
advertising banner above. Implementing a solution like above would be
much fairer to publishers trying to get the content (software or
magazines) displayed to new users.
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