So last week before the freeze mvo asked me if we were set to go on
the Featured Apps. At the time the list was PDFMod, Armagetron
Advanced, and Calibre. Having used all three of these extensively I
felt this was a great choice of apps. There was a discussion about
whether we should be switching apps around, etc. and I think that
would be a better discussion for UDS, as both ideas have their merits
and disadvantages and there didn't seem to be a clear consensus. So I
told mvo to go with those three for Maverick.
Today I found some new applications listed: mypaint, phatch, gramps,
and tuxpaint.
So the first thing we need to fix in this process:
* Make a deadline obvious to everyone so that we have a clear idea of
when they can submit apps.
So for Natty I am thinking this is the best way to go:
* Alpha 2 - Open up the wiki page for submissions
* Alpha 3 - Add the applications we've agreed on as Featured Applications
* Beta - Final List (removing ones we've decided aren't appropriate
or perhaps adding one last minute if it's awesome)
Even though the list of apps are data and a low-risk fix I think
having them ready by Beta is the best thing to do instead of late in
the cycle.
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09-28-2010, 01:11 PM
Matthew Paul Thomas
Update on the Featured Applications for Maverick
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Jorge O. Castro wrote on 27/09/10 17:02:
>...
> So for Natty I am thinking this is the best way to go:
>
> * Alpha 2 - Open up the wiki page for submissions
> * Alpha 3 - Add the applications we've agreed on as Featured
> Applications
> * Beta - Final List (removing ones we've decided aren't appropriate
> or perhaps adding one last minute if it's awesome)
>...
Any system where the list of featured applications never changes, for
however many years you have that version of Ubuntu installed, cannot
possibly be "the best way to go".
The list should change at least once a month, including the best of the
applications in the Independent archive. This is a relatively simple
problem, requiring four main things:
* a way of providing different lists to different Ubuntu versions, so
we don't show you software that isn't available on your version;
* someone to maintain the lists;
* a server to host the lists on;
* Ubuntu Software Center to fetch and cache the list from the server
every week or so.
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