This is due to a change in GNOME 3.22 which started ordering search results by "match value" (essentially a value indicating how well the result matches the search terms). This is generated by a bitfield of metadata items that matched the search terms. Snap doesn't provide this, so the snap results were getting ordered by the fallback sorting field - the app id.
I've proposed getting rid of the default sorting field, thus keeping the snaps in the order they were returned from snapd: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/merge_requests/16 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746773 Title: Search for Skype in GNOME Software doesn't list Skype as the first match Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in gnome-software source package in Artful: New Status in gnome-software source package in Bionic: Triaged Bug description: When searching for Skype in GNOME Software on Ubuntu 18.04 daily, Skype is not the first match that is listed. See the attached screenshot. ## Expected behaviour When searching for Skype, Skype should be the first match. ## Actual behaviour I search for Skype and the first match is not Skype. ## Steps to reproduce the behaviour * Open Ubuntu Software * Click the search icon and enter 'skype' ## Ubuntu version * Ubuntu 18.04 daily ## ubuntu-software version Package: ubuntu-software Version: 3.26.5-1ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1746773/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
