Users don't know a 'good' PPA from a 'bad' PPA
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Launchpad itself |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Linux Mint |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
ubuntu-community |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
When new users what additional / newer / compiled differently / whatever software, they frequently discover PPAs contain the stuff they want / need. Sometimes PPAs contain old / stale or poor quality packages. The user has no way of knowing a 'good' PPA from a 'bad' PPA.
I'd like to see a summary page on launchpad which 'rates' a PPA. This could be based on metrics such as:-
* Popularity
* Incoming links
* Ratio of build success to build failure
* Karma / reputation / standing of people uploading packages
and so on.
(I am not suggesting the above are the right critera to use to measure a good/bad PPA, merely suggestions to invoke discussion and hopefully further options).
I believe with this ranking the user could make a more measured decision than just "Yay! This has the package I want", especially when the result may be "Oh crap, this PPA broke my system"
Changed in launchpad: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.