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This is the outline of a specification for how the Ubuntu developer site should accept and present application submissions from developers, and show usage and ranking for published applications.

General

Developer registers an account

The “Company name:” field should be sensitive whenever “I submit apps on behalf of a company” is checked.

The “Different Paypal address:” field should be sensitive whenever its checkbox is checked.

As much as practical, the address fields should match the selected country. For example, if “United States” is selected, there should be a “Zip:” field.

Until it has manually been changed for the first time, the “Phone number:” field should be pre-filled with “+” and the country code for the selected country.

Developer signs in

Publishing applications

Developer finds out how to submit an application

Developer submits an application

Basics

Classification

Hardware requirements

Artwork

Developer receives immediate feedback

Developer withdraws an submission

Developer sees whether application has been accepted

Developer changes metadata for an application

Developer submits an update to an application

…nicely formatted description of what’s new…

Developer withdraws an update submission

Reviewer sees submitted applications

Reviewer tweaks application details

So that they can fix typos and other small errors, reviewers should have the same “Edit” links, to the same forms for editing details, as an application developer does (bug 797093).

Reviewer reviews an application

When you are signed in as a reviewer, the application screen should have a “Review” link that opens a “Reviewing” page in a separate tab/window.

• When “Ask the submitter for more information” is selected, the comment field should be “Your message to the submitter ({name of submitter}):”.

• When “Reject the application” or “Approve for publication” are selected, the comment field should be “Your message to the submitter ({name of submitter}) (optional):”.

• When “Return to the packager for corrections” is selected, the comment field should be “Your message to the packager:” (bug 857414).

Status

Developer sees status of their current applications

• total downloads
  • overall ranking
  • ranking within department
  • ranking by country
• median rating
  • overall ranking
  • ranking within department
  • ranking by country
• individual ratings and reviews