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There could be an additional tab in Synaptic / Gnome App Install where users could see reviews about the program by other users. There could be an additional tab in Synaptic / Gnome App Install where users could see reviews about the program by other users. This could include a score/rating.
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The reviews should probably be per source package, like changelogs. Perhaps a launchpad interface to edit them? The reviews should probably be per source package, like changelogs.
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This would probably be text-files on launchpad and downloaded on demand by Synaptic or GAI. Perhaps a launchpad interface to edit them?
This would probably be text-files (or stripped html?) on launchpad and downloaded on demand by Synaptic or GAI.
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Since capabilites and bugs change, reviews for a package from a previous release of Ubuntu should not be shown by default. New versions in the same Ubuntu release shouldn't throw away reviews though. How to integrate this with -backports is not clear atm.

Please check the status of this specification in Launchpad before editing it. If it is Approved, contact the Assignee or another knowledgeable person before making changes.

  • Launchpad entry: none yet

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Summary

There could be an additional tab in Synaptic / Gnome App Install where users could see reviews about the program by other users. This could include a score/rating.

The reviews should probably be per source package, like changelogs.

Perhaps a launchpad interface to edit them? This would probably be text-files (or stripped html?) on launchpad and downloaded on demand by Synaptic or GAI.

The reviews would probably have to be moderated.

Since capabilites and bugs change, reviews for a package from a previous release of Ubuntu should not be shown by default. New versions in the same Ubuntu release shouldn't throw away reviews though. How to integrate this with -backports is not clear atm.

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Data preservation and migration

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