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ubuntu-restricted-extras Description performs poorly in search

Bug #865379 reported by Christian Giordano
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Timo Jyrinki

Bug Description

When performing relevant queries from USC the results are not as good they should be.

Searching for "codec" the package is first in the list (great!).
Searching for "codecs" the package becomes 10th (bad).

Also when performing more task based queries, like "play mp3", the package is not on top of the results.

See original description
Christian Giordano (nuthinking)
description: updated
Christian Giordano (nuthinking)
no longer affects: ubuntustart
Changed in ayatana-design:
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Christian Giordano (nuthinking) wrote :

Matthew should be able to help with the description. Thanks Matthew! :)

Changed in ayatana-design:
assignee: nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
Changed in ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
no longer affects: ayatana-design
Changed in ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
Changed in ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Okay, here's what I suggest for a new description:
------------
Description-en: Commonly used media codecs and fonts for Ubuntu
 This collection of packages includes:
  - MP3 and other audio codec software to play various audio formats (GStreamer plugins)
  - software to install the Microsoft Web fonts
  - the Adobe Flash plugin
  - LAME, software to create compressed audio files.

 This software does not include libdvdcss2, and will not let you play
 encrypted DVDs. For more information, see
 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

 These software packages are from the Multiverse channel, restricted by
 copyright or legal issues in some countries. For more information, see
 http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing
------------

I believe it improves on the previous description in these ways:
* The first paragraph is a list of what the software is actually for.
* It uses both "codec" and "codecs", in case someone searches for either.
* It name-checks Adobe, in case someone searches for "Adobe Flash".
* It does not use the word "repository".
* It does not use any of the phrases "depends on", "pull in", "Please note", or "support for".

Changed in ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Triaged
assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) → nobody
summary: - Summary of the package should be changed to improve SEO
+ ubuntu-restricted-extras Description performs poorly in search
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
tags: added: bitesize
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Gayan Weerakutti (reversiblean)
Changed in ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)
Changed in ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-restricted-extras - 61

---------------
ubuntu-restricted-extras (61) utopic; urgency=low

  [ Gayan Weerakutti ]
  * Update desctiption, as the package performs poorly in search results
    for task based queries. (LP: #865379)

  [ Timo Jyrinki ]
  * Fix long lines in descriptions
  * Use non-'ubuntu' version number
 -- Gayan Weerakutti <email address hidden> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:50:52 +0530

Changed in ubuntu-restricted-extras (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Closing as issue already fixed

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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