GnomeLaunchpadFrontend

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Summary

Making a Gnome Launchpad frontend that allows :

  • beginners to report bug easily (and to create a LP account)
  • bug triagers to work quickly and in a more efficient way that in their browser

This Spec is part of LionelDricot SummerofCode2006

In the first time, the frontend will focuse only on Malone.

Rationale

Use cases

  • Vlad uses Ubuntu. He has a problem and he thinks it's a bug. He want to report it.
  • Igor is member of the Bugsquad team. He follows a lot of bugs, want to see new bugs for some packages, ...

Scope

Design

The work is divided in two independant part : UI design and LP protocol design.

User interface

At first, we will have two main interface : the "report" interface and the "browse". They are as different as the "compose mail" and the "inbox" of evolution are. People will be allowed to use one without seeing the other. Reporting a bug and browsing in Ubuntu bug are two differents and distincts actions.

Protocol

Implementation

  • The implementation will be done in Python, using Kiwi (a/o PyGtk)

Code

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

BoF agenda and discussion

Deliverables

  • A deb package, installable on Edgy, that contains the software
  • A clear documentation about writing a backend for the software. (if another distro want to reuse it, for example)

Out of scope :

  • Integration with other software are out of the scope of this SoC. (like launching it automatically when a programm crashes)

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