Ubuntu
transmission package

Doesn't appear when searching Ubuntu Software Center for "torrent"

Bug #660372 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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transmission (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: transmission

transmission-gtk 2.04-0ubuntu2, Ubuntu 10.10

1. In Ubuntu Software Center's "Get Software" section, search for "torrent".

What happens: KTorrent, Vuze, qBittorrent, FatRat, and BitStormLite appear, but Transmission does not.
What should happen: Transmission appears along with the others.

This seems to be because the word "torrent" appears nowhere in the description: "Transmission-gtk is a GTK-based BitTorrent client. It features a very simple, intuitive interface on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end." I suggest rewriting the description to concentrate less on implementation details ("GTK-based", "cross-platform back-end") and more on what the program actually does.

Tags: metadata

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lp:ubuntu/natty/transmission
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Alexander Gnodtke (gnodtke) wrote :

Ubuntu 10.10
I can confirm this behaviour. In fact I only see KTorrent as an option.

I am thinking that this might in fact be a software-center bug as the software-center is responsible for the search functionality.

Changed in transmission (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in transmission (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

It is true that Ubuntu Software Center is responsible for the search "functionality", but it can only work with data that actually exists. USC has no way of knowing that Transmission deals with torrents, because that isn't mentioned anywhere in Transmission's metadata.

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Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote :

This isn't an upstream issue: the phrase "GTK-based" doesn't appear anywhere in Transmission's SVN repository. That information is apparently coming from the Ubuntu packaging?

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Tiago Silva (tiagosilva) wrote :

That information isn't found on Debian, Fedora or Gentoo packages.
But I've seen that string in Ubuntu and Maemo.

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Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote :

Does this still happen in the Natty alpha?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package transmission - 2.13-0ubuntu2

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transmission (2.13-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * add X-AppInstall-Keywords key to both Transmission and Qt Transmission
    launchers and add "torrent" to it. This way both clients show up when
    users search for "torrent" in software-center. (LP: #660372)
    - refresh 0103-add_X_Ubuntu_Gettext_Domain.patch and rename
      it to 0103-add_X_Ubuntu_specific_desktop_keys.patch
 -- Krzysztof Klimonda <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:45:01 +0100

Changed in transmission (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Krzysztof Klimonda (kklimonda) wrote :

I have uploaded new version of transmission that have X-AppInstall-Keywords set in desktop files. Now we have to wait for a week or two for app-install package to get automatically updated so it can catch this change.

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