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Bug 710105 - Allow apps to install codecs through Software
Allow apps to install codecs through Software
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-software
Classification: Applications
Component: General
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GNOME Software maintainer(s)
GNOME Software maintainer(s)
: 693686 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-10-14 14:04 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2015-02-22 21:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: 3.16
GNOME version: 3.11/3.12


Description Allan Day 2013-10-14 14:04:45 UTC 
Right now this happens through PackageKit dialogs; it would be more coherent if codec install occurred through Software instead.

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/software/version2/wire-codec-install.png
Comment 1 Allan Day 2014-04-11 14:36:44 UTC 
I updated the wireframes today (see the link above). Some notable features:

 * Printer drivers are treated in the same way as multimedia codecs.

 * We use a special search results mode for presenting multiple codecs; I have not done a UI for selecting which codecs/drives to install - the UI assumes you want to install everything that is presented to you.

 * "Media Playback 2" is the case where an application calls the existing PackageKit API without presenting any UI of its own to explain the issue. I don't consider this the best solution from a UX point of view and it is primarily there to serve the existing API. It would be good to try and think of ways around it.

 * One question about printer drivers - should we display them in the installed list after they have been installed?
Comment 2 Richard Hughes 2014-09-01 15:03:14 UTC 
*** Bug 693686 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Allan Day 2014-11-17 19:27:54 UTC 
Marking as a target for 3.16.
Comment 4 André Klapper 2015-02-22 21:11:17 UTC 
Has any progress been made here? 
If not, this is not a 3.16 "GNOME Target" as we are under Feature Freeze for 3.16 now.
Comment 5 Kalev Lember 2015-02-22 21:23:07 UTC 
Sorry, I forgot to close this ticket. We landed the code for this right before 3.15.90.