Description of matlab-support is misleading
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
app-install-data-ubuntu (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
alpha oumar bah | ||
matlab-support (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
In the Ubuntu Software Center, the package matlab-support is listed as "MATLAB - Scientific computing environment".
This name implies that the package installs matlab itself.
However, only when you read the extended description of the package will one discover the text "This package does not provide MATLAB. Instead, it configures an existing MATLAB installation to integrate more comfortably in a Debian installation."
This would be a minor inconvenience of not for bug 1025648, which makes it virtually impossible to cancel installation without somehow obtaining a copy of matlab.
Bug 1025648 needs to be fixed, but in the meantime maybe it's a good idea to rename this package to, for instance, "Support files for Matlab".
no longer affects: | matlab-support (Debian) |
Changed in matlab-support (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in app-install-data-ubuntu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → alpha oumar bah (alphaoumarbah6) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.