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system-cleaner package

system-cleaner should display the package descriptions on demand

Bug #286394 reported by Oliver Grawert
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system-cleaner (Baltix)
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Undecided
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system-cleaner (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Intrepid
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: system-cleaner

currently system-cleaner only offers a list of package names without describing what they actually are, you have to look up each description elsewhere to find out what it is/was used for, having a details expander in the gui to read the description would help with that.

SUMMARY FOR SRU: system-cleaner-gtk shows packages, but not their descriptions. Fixed by showing short descriptions (the long descriptions being too long for the UI without large changes).

PATCH: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~systemcleaner-hackers/systemcleaner/intrepid-sru-1-proposal/changes (revision 112).

TEST CASE: Install fixed system-cleaner. Do something to make packages show up as cruft. Start system-cleaner-gtk, and click on a package. Verify that the package's short description shows up in the text shown at the bottom of the window.

See original description
Oliver Grawert (ogra)
Changed in system-cleaner:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
to be removed (liw)
Changed in system-cleaner:
status: New → Confirmed
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
Changed in system-cleaner:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
to be removed (liw) wrote :

I have made fixed packages available at

http://code.liw.fi/ubuntu/pool/main/s/system-cleaner/

I would be glad if you could verify that they fix the problem. Unfortunately, I was not able to fit the long package descriptions without larger UI changes than are fit for an SRU, but I hope the short description is sufficient for now.

Changed in system-cleaner:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
to be removed (liw)
description: updated
to be removed (liw)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in system-cleaner:
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package system-cleaner - 1.10.4-0ubuntu2

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system-cleaner (1.10.4-0ubuntu2) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low

  * The "viime tingan pakettilisäykset ovat huono idea" release.
  * Added Polish translation from Piotr Makowski. (LP: #290196)
  * The apt Packages list is now checked for sanity. (LP: #290024)
  * Icon is now shown in menu, and by the window manager.
    (LP: #274714)
  * The current kernel will now never be considered cruft.
    (LP: #285657)
  * Now asks user to confirm that they want to remove packages or remove
    other cruft. (LP: #285888)
  * Package short description is now shown in the user interface.
    (LP: #286394)
  * The GTK UI now shows column headers, so that it is clear what the
    tick column means. (No bug reported about this explicitly, but it
    has come up repeatedly.)
  * Support for whitelists in /etc/cruft-remover.d/*.whitelist added.
    See the cruft-remover(8) manual page for details. This can later be
    seeded with the most common third-party packages, until dpkg+apt
    get sufficient meta data to deal with this in a better way.
    (Does not quite close LP: 285746.)

 -- Lars Wirzenius <email address hidden> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:58:25 +0200

Changed in system-cleaner:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Copied intrepid-proposed update to jaunty.

Changed in system-cleaner:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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