Hello, The idea seems quite interesting. It reminded me to the reviews that you find on versiontracker.com
Sometimes, when looking at applications on versiontracker that don't work well, there are indications in the reviews of alternative applications. So by expanding the idea, this idea could also be enhanced by also including an indication to alternative applications for applications with a restrictive license. (The question about how to inform/educate people about the license issue is not new in Ubuntu.) In versiontracker you see the user reviews of the current version; but there is a popup-menu that allows to view the reviews of other versions. I would think that the user should not have to turn to launchpad to write a review. He should be able to write it from the gui of the application that he uses to install new applications (Synaptic in Ubuntu). This would also simplify the procedure for the user to write a review as it could be connected automatically to the package/version he is currently looking at. (The user should not have to know launchpad in order to write a review.) Of course, there should be a central database on the internet to store all the reviews. (I don't know enough to judge whether launchpad could be a candidate.) Have a nice day. Francesco Fumanti >I started writing a little bit on this spec so I wouldn't forget it. > >What do you think? > ><https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserReviewsInSynaptic>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserReviewsInSynaptic > >Here's the text from the wiki pasted: > >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. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
