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That version is no more maintained

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Software Center does not recognise destination disk capacity till its
  too late

Status in software-center package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Software Center fails install when there's not enough disk space. But
  only after going through all the motions.

  This is a problem because you are most likely not going to know your
  disk is full untill an application tells you. Software Center doesn't
  tell you, it just fails - and it does this after apparently installing
  the software. I.e. it appears to get to the end of the install process
  (progress bar) before it fails.

  Two problems here:

  1. Software center fails to detect that the software it is trying to
  install is too big for the space available - until it actually runs
  out of space;

  2. Software center fails to inform the user that there is not enough
  space, how much free space there is, and how much space is needed.

  So its going through the motions and then crashing when it runs out of
  space. It gives this error: "Pack operation failed".

  It does rather defeat the object of having a user-friendly software
  installer if its common errors are not caught and handled in a user
  friendly fashion.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: software-center 5.6.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jun 29 19:56:53 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-28 (213 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-14 (45 days ago)

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