[Bug 163037] Re: Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users

2007-11-19 Thread Emmet Hikory
I'd start by drafting a spec on the wiki (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureSpecifications), and registering it on Launchpad. To get it approved usually requires significant effort to identify how it might be implemented, but once it exists, you may be able to garner community support to help fig

[Bug 163037] Re: Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users

2007-11-19 Thread Tantrik
Where is the right place to do it, please?. Thanks. -- Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163037 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 163037] Re: Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users

2007-11-16 Thread Emmet Hikory
Wow! Zim gets almost no bug triage. Still, the bugs against zim are actionable, whereas this bug is not as originally stated. Separately, I think there is likely value in finding a way to determine the set of applications that are useless or don't work, and that noticing when users install them,

[Bug 163037] Re: Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users

2007-11-16 Thread Tantrik
If you see that: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=zim&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMI

[Bug 163037] Re: Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users

2007-11-15 Thread Emmet Hikory
I believe that is already tracked to some degree, but I don't know how much it is integrated into Add/Remove programs. Do you think such a determination could be made from the information available from popcon.ubuntu.com ? -- Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in

[Bug 163037] Re: Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users

2007-11-15 Thread Agafonov
One can just measure not only install stats but uninstall and usage time. Nobody wants to use unusable software so it will be uninstalled, highlighting something is wrong with it. So software quality can be measured along with popularity. -- Many applications of universe are neglected and produ

[Bug 163037] Re: Many applications of universe are neglected and produce frustration in users

2007-11-15 Thread Emmet Hikory
Thank you for the feedback. I must agree with the sentiment. Unfortunately, this is not actionable as a bug report, and so must be marked "Invalid". If you could please report all the things that don't work, we'll try to get them sorted. Also, if you have any ideas about how to determine if a gi