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unity-scope-click package

"departments" is an awkward way to say "categories"

Bug #1351536 reported by Selene ToyKeeper
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unity-scope-click (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
dobey

Bug Description

In the app scope, apps can be displayed by their logical group, in a hierarchy. Internet apps, games, word processing, etc. These groups are called departments, like a department store.

As far as I can tell, the usual term for this is "categories" instead of "departments". Not a huge issue, but a little awkward, especially for western-hemisphere folks.

A couple extra data points here, from the mailing list:

From: Nathan Haines <email address hidden>
Just as a usage note, this is perfectly identical in American English. But the
Ubuntu desktop already uses the term 'category' and "department" feels much
more suited to a physical store. (Specifically a department store.)
So that may help explain why it feels a little out of place.

From: Matthew Paul Thomas <email address hidden>
Ubuntu Software Center used to have "Departments". We switched to
"Categories" in 4.0, because that made more sense given the existence
of subcategories.

Related branches

lp:~dobey/unity-scope-click/depts-all
PS Jenkins bot (community): Approve (continuous-integration)
Alejandro J. Cura (community): Approve
Diff: 280 lines (+52/-46)
3 files modified
po/unity-scope-click.pot (+48/-42)
scope/clickapps/apps-query.cpp (+1/-1)
scope/clickstore/store-query.cpp (+3/-3)
lp:ubuntu/utopic-proposed/unity-scope-click
Revision history for this message
Alejandro J. Cura (alecu) wrote :

I've checked with design, and they agree to drop "Departments" there, so we'll fix this soon.

tags: added: rtm14
Changed in unity-scope-click (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Alejandro J. Cura (alecu)
dobey (dobey)
Changed in unity-scope-click (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
assignee: Alejandro J. Cura (alecu) → Rodney Dawes (dobey)
Alejandro J. Cura (alecu)
Changed in unity-scope-click (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity-scope-click - 0.1.1+14.10.20140821.1-0ubuntu1

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unity-scope-click (0.1.1+14.10.20140821.1-0ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

  [ Alejandro J. Cura (alecu) ]
  * New upstream release.
    - Display Ubuntu logo in the header of apps scope. (LP: #1350610)
    - Pass the sha512 hash from the details webservice to download manager.
      (LP: #1330770)
    - Sort departments alphabetically. (LP: #1354044)
    - Exclude empty departments from the departments tree in Apps.
      (LP: #1350609)
    - Provide updated departments to match latest server changes. Bumped
      schema to 3.
    - New script to enable purchases in the scope during beta. (LP: #1356419)
    - Add dependency on libglib2.0-bin and upstart-bin for script above.
    - Enable QNetworkDiskCache for http GET requests. (LP: #1351212)
    - Query download manager for in-progress downloads. (LP: #1234965)
    - Only show extended info for apps from the store. (LP: #1350571)
    - Don't expand categories by default in the store. (LP: #1355221)
    - Do not use static const strings for translations. (LP: #1354501)
    - Change "All departments" to just "All". (LP: #1351536)
    - Localize the extra department title in the store. (LP: #1358790)
    - Updated translations.

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * Mark for using language packs.

  [ Ubuntu daily release ]
  * New rebuild forced
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:40:59 +0000

Changed in unity-scope-click (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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