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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Currently USC uses icons delivered by app-install-data-ubuntu for
applications in Main and Universe, app-install-data-partner for
applications in Partner, and the icon_url property in the Json for
commercial applications.

Unfortunately, the app-install-data* packages don't include icons that
would be appropriate for the 96*96px space on the software item screen,
because that would increase the size of those packages. So it shows a
small icon scaled up, which looks ugly.

It would be simpler and more scalable if USC got the icons for any package, regardless of source, from a server in a consistent way. Perhaps USC would request something like
<http://software-center.ubuntu.com/icons/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/s/stellarium?size=96> or
<http://software-center.ubuntu.com/icons/96/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/s/stellarium>,
and the the server would return the icon of the nearest size to what was requested.

If USC requested any size that there wasn't an exact icon for, but there
was an SVG icon available, maybe the server would redirect to the SVG
one (so that USC could realize "oh, I have that cached already").

** Affects: software-center-agent
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921520

Title:
  Locally stored application icons don't scale well, literally and
  figuratively

Status in Online service used by software center:
  New
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently USC uses icons delivered by app-install-data-ubuntu for
  applications in Main and Universe, app-install-data-partner for
  applications in Partner, and the icon_url property in the Json for
  commercial applications.

  Unfortunately, the app-install-data* packages don't include icons that
  would be appropriate for the 96*96px space on the software item
  screen, because that would increase the size of those packages. So it
  shows a small icon scaled up, which looks ugly.

  It would be simpler and more scalable if USC got the icons for any package, regardless of source, from a server in a consistent way. Perhaps USC would request something like
  <http://software-center.ubuntu.com/icons/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/s/stellarium?size=96> or
  <http://software-center.ubuntu.com/icons/96/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/s/stellarium>,
  and the the server would return the icon of the nearest size to what was requested.

  If USC requested any size that there wasn't an exact icon for, but
  there was an SVG icon available, maybe the server would redirect to
  the SVG one (so that USC could realize "oh, I have that cached
  already").

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