[Bug 824331] [NEW] Suggest be case insensitve

[Yongzhi Pan]

Public bug reported:

Scenario: I want to use Xnest. I type 'xnest', and the shell just tells
me command not found and no suggestion. Oops, doesn't Ubuntu ship Xnest?
Later I know I must type 'Xnest' to know which package I should install.

I looked at the code:

    def lookup(self, key):
        if self.db and self.db.has_key(key):
            return self.db[key]

We are using exact matching.

I suggest ignore letter cases when looking up in the databases, since we
usually do not know or remember the exact cases of commands.

** Affects: command-not-found (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Suggest be case insensitve

Status in “command-not-found” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Scenario: I want to use Xnest. I type 'xnest', and the shell just
  tells me command not found and no suggestion. Oops, doesn't Ubuntu
  ship Xnest? Later I know I must type 'Xnest' to know which package I
  should install.

  I looked at the code:

      def lookup(self, key):
          if self.db and self.db.has_key(key):
              return self.db[key]

  We are using exact matching.

  I suggest ignore letter cases when looking up in the databases, since
  we usually do not know or remember the exact cases of commands.

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