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[Intrepid] Synaptic should depend on apt-xapian-index

Bug #250524 reported by Russell Green
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
synaptic (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Unassigned
Nominated for Intrepid by Russell Green
xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Cody A.W. Somerville
Nominated for Intrepid by Russell Green

Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

In the new version of synaptic in intrepid the new "Quick Search" feature allows users to find packages more quickly and efficiently, however its only a "recommended" package of synaptic which means users dont have access to the feature without having to manually install the package.Most users wont know this and wont be able to use it.

What should happen:

Open synaptic, use "Quick Search" to find package, carry out task.

Ubuntu version: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)

Synaptic version:
  Installed: 0.62.1ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.62.1ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.62.1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

See original description
Russell Green (r.green)
description: updated
Russell Green (r.green)
description: updated
Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)
Changed in synaptic:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Recommends are installed by default now. What were you using that caused it not to be installed?

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

(Therefore, certainly anyone installing Intrepid from scratch will get it. I'm not sure about upgrades from Hardy as yet; Michael could advise.)

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Russell Green (r.green) wrote :

Its definitely not installed with with an upgrade to hardy, as for a clean install I'm not sure.

Michael mentioned a bit about it on the mailing lists but never gave a reason why not.

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Russell Green (r.green) wrote :

Its not on the latest alternative daily build either, I just checked.

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Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville) wrote :

It appears to no longer be a recommends but instead a suggest.

From the changelog:

    - make deborphan and apt-xapian-index suggests instead of recommends
      to save space on the CD - this means we loose the quick search
      feature in the default install

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Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville) wrote :

Affecting xubuntu-meta. We'll seed apt-xapian-index ourselves as we don't have CD size issues and our users enjoy the quick search functionality.

Changed in xubuntu-meta:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)
Changed in xubuntu-meta:
assignee: nobody → cody-somerville
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

I updated from hardy today and still have the non functional quick search box.

Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)
Changed in xubuntu-meta:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Robertjm (robertjm) wrote :

After installing apt-xapian-index on Intrepid system, and restarting of Synaptic, I get rebuilding index. After a few minutes it pops back to Quick Search and I have the expected functionality.

If this is to be an option, it would make more sense to me to have the dialog box invisible, rather than simply grayed out. I'd rather expect it to be installed by default if at all possible with Ubuntu.

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Niels Egberts (nielsegberts) wrote :

Yeah, I'm in favor too of installing this feature by default. Or at least hide the functionality if it's not installed.

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JLR (artirj) wrote :

apt-xapian-index + deps are just 2 megabytes...
We can remove some themes or some screensaver.

Or at least, provide a way for the newcomer to install it.

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nullack (nullack) wrote :

I have spoken with the Developer working on this. The first objective is to come up with the space needed to fit the dependencies onto the install media. If that turns out not to be possible, his backup approach will be to put a button in the GUI to easily install the dependency onto the system. Thanks for everyone's interest in this.

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nullack (nullack) wrote :

Fix released, tested on a fresh daily ISO ubiquity Ubuntu install with success.

Changed in synaptic:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)
Changed in xubuntu-meta:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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