Idea #6293: Most wanted packages

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Written by Ubuwu the 2 Apr 08 at 20:37. Category: Others.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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Please provide a better way to request packages of new programs. At the moment there are 758 requests for packaging open on launchpad and the list is growing. Provide some way to give feedback on which packages are most wanted which the developers could focus on. Perhaps some kinde of voting mechanism similar to brainstorm?

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Matthias wrote on the 3 Apr 08 at 11:49

Maybe a wishlist as for OpenSuSe? -> http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Wishlist

Ubuwu wrote on the 3 Apr 08 at 18:57

No, the list is already there: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging The only problem is that the number of programs that people want to be packaged by far exceeds the number of programs that are actually packaged. What is needed is some way to prioritize which programs get packaged.

Ubuwu wrote on the 3 Apr 08 at 18:58

Perhaps another idea would be for canonical to hire a developer focussing solely on packaging new programs.

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