New feature request for Software Center - Tag as outdated
Erlan Sergaziev
erlan.sergaziev at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 15:13:20 UTC 2011
There are a lot of packages even in Oneiric that are 1-2 versions behind
stable upstream.
I would suggest therefore that Software Center has a feature where users
will be able to tag certain packages as outdated like in arch.
Tagging should have the following benefits:
1) The number of users tagging a package will indicate the "heat" of the
need of package's new version.
2) An email message should be sent to the main package maintainer. If no
response received say within 3 months, the package should be declared
unmaintained and so other packagers can chime in.
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