This document indexes the various specifications for how software should be presented to people using Ubuntu.

Major components:
 * [[SoftwareCenter|Ubuntu Software Center]]
 * [[SoftwareUpdates|Software updates]]
 * [[SoftwarePackageOperations|Package operations]] performed for both of those by [[https://launchpad.net/aptdaemon|Aptdaemon]] or [[https://launchpad.net/sessioninstaller|Session Installer]]
 * [[ReleaseUpgrades|Release upgrades]]
 * [[SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings|“Software & Updates” settings]] (including [[SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings#drivers|the choice to install proprietary drivers]])
  * [[FoundationsTeam/Specs/LucidUpdateManagerStopTheLine]]
 * SoftwareMetadata (deriving icons, titles, etc of packages for presentation by Ubuntu Software Center and Software Updater)
 * AptUrlRedirector
 * DebConfHandling
 * [[http://dev.launchpad.net/ArchiveIndex|Archive index]] for package metadata

 * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/upgrading-running-software|Upgrading running desktop software]]
 * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-user-contributed-metadata-for-software-center|User-contributed metadata]]
 * [[https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-software-center-history-of-packaging-transactions|History of packaging transactions]]
 * http://wiki.debian.org/SessionInstaller/UserInterface

== Other elements ==

 * [[NGO/OfflineUpdating]]

 * [[http://keryxproject.org/|Keryx]]

 * cleaning up debconf presentation

 * [[/DVD_Playback]]

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== Random notes ==

Increase use of `apt:` links by Ubuntu enthusiasts, software projects, and ISVs, replacing terminal commands or standalone downloads. This will likely involve:
  
 * Prominent and highly understandable information on ubuntu.com about how to get your software (whether Free or non-Free) packaged for Ubuntu.
 * An `apt:` evangelism campaign for projects that already have their software packaged in the Ubuntu repositories.

Fine-tune the interface presented when software updates are available. This may involve:
 * Presentation of the new [[SecurityTeam/Specifications/USNSpec|better descriptions of security updates]].
 * When updates are presented automatically, collapsing the list of updates by default, concentrating instead on the existence of updates and the choice to install them now or later.

Establish a system within [[https://launchpad.net/|Launchpad]] for registered users to suggest a better description, category, keywords, and/or screenshot for a software package, and for the package maintainer to incorporate those changes into a new version of the package, so that end users can find the software more easily later.