New feature request for Software Center - Tag as outdated

[Scott Kitterman]

Erlan Sergaziev <erlan.sergaziev at gmail.com> wrote:

>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will be able to tag certain packages as outdated like in arch.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.

Ubuntu doesn't have dedicated package maintainers, so there isn't a need to track for this purpose. Also, there are a number of tools developers use to keep track of needed updates. Software Center isn't used for this.

Scott K