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Search for Skype in GNOME Software doesn't list Skype as the first match

Bug #1746773 reported by Martin Wimpress  on 2018-02-01

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
gnome-software (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Robert Ancell
Artful	Fix Committed	Medium	Unassigned
Bionic	Fix Released	High	Robert Ancell

Bug Description

When searching for Skype in GNOME Software on Ubuntu 18.04 daily, Skype is not the first match that is listed. See the attached screenshot.

## Expected behaviour

When searching for Skype, Skype should be the first match.

## Actual behaviour

I search for Skype and the first match is not Skype.

## Steps to reproduce the behaviour

* Open Ubuntu Software
* Click the search icon and enter 'skype'

## Ubuntu version

* Ubuntu 18.04 daily

## ubuntu-software version

Package: ubuntu-software
Version: 3.26.5-1ubuntu1

Related branches

lp:~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-software/ubuntu-artful

Revision history for this message

Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg) wrote on 2018-02-01:

Skype-Search-GNOME-Software.png Edit (125.2 KiB, image/png)

Will Cooke (willcooke) on 2018-02-01

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote on 2018-02-01:

Confirmed that snapd is returning skype before spreedme so must be some re-ordering going on in GNOME Software...

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
importance:	Undecided → High

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) on 2018-02-19

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

Revision history for this message

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote on 2018-02-19:

This is due to a change in GNOME 3.22 which started ordering search results by "match value" (essentially a value indicating how well the result matches the search terms). This is generated by a bitfield of metadata items that matched the search terms. Snap doesn't provide this, so the snap results were getting ordered by the fallback sorting field - the app id.

I've proposed getting rid of the default sorting field, thus keeping the snaps in the order they were returned from snapd:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/merge_requests/16

Revision history for this message

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote on 2018-02-19:

Actually, I misread the code - the match value is between 0 - 100, but I'm still investigating how it's generated.

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) on 2018-02-20

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu Artful):
status:	New → Fix Committed
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu Bionic):
status:	Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu Artful):
assignee:	nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) on 2018-03-06

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu Bionic):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu Artful):
assignee:	Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) → nobody