-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Jonathan
This morning we discussed the possibility of escalating debtags publication in Launchpad. I promised to send you a summary of how debtags would help Ubuntu Software Center. When debtags are included in a source package, in any archive, Launchpad should publish them in the archive's Packages.gz file. Currently it ignores them. <http://launchpad.net/bugs/57418> This blocks implementation of at least three features in USC. Better categories Currently USC's categorization system is based on categories in .desktop files, and Section: values in debian/control files. Some of the categories are awkward, and several of them would be much more useful with subcategories (particularly "Fonts", "Office", "Sound & Video", "System", and "Themes & Tweaks"). The most practical way to improve this is to have accessible debtags. <http://launchpad.net/bugs/475773> Maturity ratings It should be possible for people to filter software based on how much violence, horror, sex, degrading language, etc it includes. This requires packages to be rated, and for those ratings to be easily accessible without downloading the package. This could be implemented with debtags. <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-software-maturity-ratings> Hardware requirements Especially for games, it is useful for people to know that software does not work with a particular kind of video card, or that it requires a particular amount of memory. This could be implemented in a machine-parseable way using debtags (so that, for example, USC could warn you if you don't actually have enough memory). Thanks - -- mpt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4Bv7AACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecp5VgCffqCoG2ff24Z3bfkpQ3r15FXn B+IAoNQQapCCzMADF3ka5YQHq+fRBHNC =0Smq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~software-store-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~software-store-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
