This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.2.3
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software-center (5.2.3) precise-proposed; urgency=low
[ Robert Roth ]
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp987801:
- Only show the version label once for each version in
reviews (LP: #987801)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp874430:
- display tooltips for package titles in the application
tiles of the lobby view (LP: #874430)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp983831:
- Avoid merging two words while normalizing description (LP: #983831)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp822625:
- Set default value for reviewstats histogram (LP: #822625)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp875874:
- Set word wrap with fallback to char wrapping for the review
text label (LP: #875874)
[ Gabor Kelemen ]
* lp:~kelemeng/software-center/bug1001746:
- merge i18n fix (LP: #1001746)
[ Michael Vogt ]
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp872760-for-5.2:
- fix translations for certain category names (LP: #872760)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp987321:
- fix dependency to ensure that we have humanity-icon-theme
as we need it for the history view icons (LP: #987321)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/test-catview-cleanup:
- refactor unit tests for the catview
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1002271:
- fix regresion in 5.2.2 (LP: #1002271) for empty descriptions
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1005104:
- fix regression in 5.2.2 (LP: #1005104) in initial navigation
history
* lp:~mvo/software-center/client-lp1004417:
- client side fix for when exhibit package names contain
extra whitespace (LP: #1004417)
[ Gary Lasker ]
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-crash-lp1000238:
- remove obsolete workaround for an old bug that has long since
been fixed, this fixes a hard crash on Quantal (LP: #1000238)
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/toolbar-buttons-insensitive-during-startup:
- re-enable the fix for LP: #999486, LP: #994341 that was inadvertently
disabled in the 5.2.2 release
[ Natalia Bidart ]
* lp:~nataliabidart/software-center/fix-977931:
- Unified package string parsing into a single method that will be
used from either the command line arguments, or from the dbus method
'bringToFront'. This way, search will be consistent between all
entry points. LP: #977931
- Also added proper test suites for the above.
* lp:~nataliabidart/software-center/fix-965093:
- Fixed the SpinnerNtebook show_spinner method so the spinner page is
not shown until the configured threshold is reached (250ms since
this branch). Plus proper test suite was added.
* lp:~nataliabidart/software-center/fix-986563:
- Filtered out those exhibits that do not their packages available
in the db (LP: #986563)
-- Michael Vogt <michael.v...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:53:25 +0200
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/983831
Title:
software-center mishandles multi-line descriptions
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Bug description:
SRU TEST CASE:
1. Launch the current Ubuntu Software Center in Precise.
2. Search for the "Darwinia" package and view the details view for it.
3. Verify that the description text contains the error "Infectionand" near
the end.
4. Close Ubuntu Software Center.
5. Update to the version of software-center in precise-proposed.
6. Launch Ubuntu Software Center again and again navigate to "Darwinia".
7. Verify that the text now correctly reads "Infection and".
SRU REGRESSION POTENTIAL:
Very low, but if there is a regression it would likely show as an error in
description text layout or content.
This happens with software-center 5.0.1.4 as shipped with Ubuntu 11.10.
I have created a test package to make it easy to reproduce this. In the test
package's control file the description is defined as follows:
---
Description: A test package
The goal is to test that multi-line descriptions are handled correctly,
especially with regards to sentences that span more than two lines and how
spaces and line wrapping is handled.
---
'dpkg --info' shows the description exactly as it was in the control
file. However in software-center the description is shown as:
---
The goal is to test that multi-line descriptions are handled correctly,
especially with regards to sentences that span more than two lines and
howspaces and line wrapping is handled.
---
Notice how the last word of line two got concatenated with first one
of line three, resulting in 'howspaces', thus causing users to report
typos.
I'm attaching testpkg.tar.bz2. It contains:
* testpkg_1.0-1_all.deb which is the test package I mentionned above.
* testpkg, a directory containing the source for building the above package.
To rebuild the package, simply do:
cd testpkg
fakeroot ./build
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