For Purchase Apps sorting in "What's New" seems random

it woudl be great if the software-center-agent could include the date that the item got added in the json, this way we can make the sorting work properly.

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.1.4

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software-center (5.1.4) precise; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~brendan-donegan/software-center/test_debfileapplication,
    lp:~brendan-donegan/software-center/test_debfileapplication_mkII:
    - merged with some small tweaks to do basic tests for the
      DebFileApplication class, thanks to Brendan Donegan
  * data/software-center.menu.in:
    - add new "Books & Magazines" Category (LP: #903775)
  * add support for the scagent "Support Website" feature
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/performance-probes,
    lp:~mvo/software-center/profiling1:
    - improve accuracy of startup time measurement and add "probe"
      points to make profiling easier
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/purchaseviewspinner2:
    - add a spinner to the purchaseview both when new windows
      are opened and in the global toolbar
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/dialogs/__init__.py:
    - trivial fix to increase the size of the expanded details
      in the message dialog

  [ Gabor Kelemen ]
  * lp:~kelemeng/software-center/bug880757:
    - Mark strings containing the “ character as Unicode, to fix their
      translations. LP: #880757
  * lp:~kelemeng/software-center/bug869935:
    - Update help translations from Launchpad. LP: #869935
  * lp:~kelemeng/software-center/bug868971:
    - Add a translator comment to the 'Top Rated %s' string, name the
     variable. LP: #868971

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/catalog-published-date-lp803028:
    - add date_published value from the software-center-agent server
      for use with cataloged time so that for-purchase items appear
      correctly and in the proper order in What's New; include unit
      tests for the new functionality (LP: #803028, LP: #886698)

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * lp:~evfool/software-center/lp905082:
    - fix typo LP: #905082

  [ Giovanni Campagna ]
  * lp:~gcampax/software-center/fedora:
    - add fedora distro backend and some cleanup in the PackageKit code
      and improvements to the AppStream xml parser
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:52:32 +0100

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-center into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

I have verified that this bug is fixed in the version of software-center 5.0.6 in oneiric-proposed per the given test case.

I will attach screenshots of the contents of "What's New" before and after the upgrade to 5.0.6.

Thanks!

P.S. We miss you, iamfuzz!!! Hope all is well!! :D

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.0.6

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software-center (5.0.6) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/catalog-published-date-lp803028i-for-5.0:
    - use date_published value from the software-center-agent server
      so that for-purchase items appear correctly and in the proper order
      in What's New; include corresponding unit test (LP: #803028)

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * backport fix from lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-refresh-of-whats-new
    to ensure that new apps from e.g. the software-center-agent are
    immediately displayed in the "Whats new" section of the lobby
    (LP: #949725)

software-center (5.0.5) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-lp913756-for-5.0:
    - do not offer to add an icon to the Unity launcher for packages
      that do not have an Exec entry in their corresponding desktop
      file, e.g. ubuntu-restricted-extras, wine (LP: #913756)
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/staging-certs-2-for-5.0:
    - add SOFTWARE_CENTER_FORCE_DISABLE_CERTS_CHECK to allow QA easier
      testing (LP: #918746)

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-server-pagination:
    - reset server side review "page" when switching to a different
      app
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/expunge-cache-5.0:
    - fix invalid httplib cache entries (LP: #938736)

  [ Kiwinote ]
  * grab exhibits for the current series only (LP: #899257)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:07:20 +0100