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Re: Software Centre App Descriptions, how to proceed

 

Hi Dario,

That's great. Good luck finding them :)

Chris


On 14 November 2012 21:38, Darío Ruellan <druellan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Chris. I'm glad you decided to target the Software Center, I
> believe it's critical for Ubuntu to keep pace and improve the store, and
> currently there are so many things that can be improved...
>
> About the descriptions, I'll try to identify them and bring a proposal.
> Perhaps later and if my english is good enought, I can try to patch them
> myself, but currently I prefer to submit them for revision first.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On martes, 13 de noviembre de 2012 08:49:06 a.m., Chris Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Hi Druellan,
> >
> > First of all, thanks a lot for helping out with this. If we can get
> > just a handful of these descriptions fixed then the Software Centre is
> > going to look a lot smarter :)
> >
> > The descriptions of each app are applied on an individual basis in
> > Debian, so a separate bug report will be required for each one, and
> > the patch will have to be submitted to Debian. There's a wiki page on
> > how to work with Ubuntu bugs in Debian here
> > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian/Bugs>.
> >
> > The descriptions themselves will be pretty simply to fix. If you pull
> > down the source code, you'll find a directory in there called
> > 'debian', which contains a file where the description is written,
> > though I can't remember what it's called.
> >
> > So you need to report the bug against the paper cuts project, the
> > Ubuntu package and the Debian package. If you also want to propose a
> > new description then simply add it to the comments on the report, and
> > if you want to try and fix it yourself then send the patch to Debian
> > and they'll merge it in.
> >
> > Thanks again for offering to help with this. Software Centre app
> > descriptions (and metadata in general) is something I'd like to see
> > some serious attention. If you have any more questions or need any
> > help with anything, then please don't hesitate to send an email to
> > this list, or to me directly.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On 13 November 2012 11:24, <druellan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:druellan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Chris. I like to start looking at the Software Centre
> > descriptions, but
> > I'm not sure how to proceed if I found something that need to be
> > improved.
> >
> > File a bug to software-center and hundredpapercuts?
> > Assign it to papercuts-ninja?
> > All of the above including a proposal for a better description for
> > the app
> > (my english is not that good, but I can try).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -- druellan
> > https://launchpad.net/~druellan
> >
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