[Bug 87640] "Add/Remove Applications" does not find Totem codecs

[Duncan Lithgow]

Public bug reported:

If Totem (2.17.92) is missing a codec, it gives a message like:

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"The playback of this movie requires a MPEG-2 System Stream demuxer plugin which is not installed."
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But if I search in 'Applications > Add/Remove Applications' for words
and phrases from the Totem message, like "MPEG-2" or "MPEG-2 System
Stream demuxer plugin" I get "There is no matching application
available."  Now I know this is not true because if I search for just
"MPEG" I get what I'm looking for. So the problem here is that the
search function is not finding the correct packages needed by Totem and
suggested in the failure message.

I see two ways around this:

1. 'Add/ Remove packages' creates specific links for keywords mentioned in Totem, like 'MPEG-2'. This could be a fast way to get around the problem, but a poor solution.
2. 'Add/ Remove packages' changes the summary text of the relevant packages so they mention the keywords used by Totem. This seems to me like the best option.

Either way the developers of Totem, developers of 'Add/Remove
applications' and Canonical should talk about a way of coordinating
their efforts to avoid these kinds of problems.

Could this regarded as a "collaboration" bug?

** Affects: totem (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Needs Info

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"Add/Remove Applications" does not find Totem codecs
https://launchpad.net/bugs/87640