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= Expanding Universe =

== Status ==

  * Created: <<Date(2005-04-23T02:55:46Z)>> by MattZimmerman<<BR>>
  * Priority: HighPriority<<BR>>
  * People: OliverGrawertLead, DanielHolbachSecond<<BR>>
  * Contributors: MattZimmerman<<BR>>
  * Interested: AndrewMitchell, BrandonHale, JorgeBernal, JamesTroup, JonathanRiddell
  * Status: BreezyGoal, UduBof, DistroSpecification, ApprovedSpecification
  * Branch: <<BR>>
  * Malone Bug: <<BR>>
  * Packages: <<BR>>
  * Depends: <<BR>>
  * UduSessions: 1<<BR>>

== Introduction ==

Provide one-stop shopping for everything packaged in `.deb` format and create a panel for user requests then do the packaging on our own.

== Rationale ==

Users request loads of new software and add source repositories to their `/etc/apt/sources.list`, which we have no control over:

 1. the used Build-Dependencies
 1. bug reports; and 
 1. the user involvement

== Scope and Use Cases ==

=== Scope ===

 * Working with third parties to improve the overall quality of their packages
 * Formalize requirements for packages to be imported, similar to MOTUNew process

=== Use Cases ===

 * Oliver wants to have ''marlin'', the fancy new GNOME sound editor, installed, but after one week of research, he found it isn't in Ubuntu yet.
 * Jorge heard of this ''mono'' repository, which have all the nice apps the guys praise in their blogs and finally finds a way to "improve" his `/etc/apt/sources.list`

== Implementation Plan ==

 0. Edit http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UniverseCandidates to have
  0. list of software, stating:
   * name
   * link to source code
   * status, is one of
    * not taken care of
    * stating name of maintainer
    * resolved
  0. comments section
   * veto, stating
    * package name
    * maintainer
    * rationale
   * user comments
    * package name
    * name
    * rationale
 0. announce it on ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
 0. research for new
  * source package repositories
  * software lists, like
   * [[http://gnomefiles.org/|GnomeFiles]]
   * [[http://www.kde-apps.org/|KDE-Apps.org]]
   * ...
 0. 2 weeks before release:
  0. start (already existing) [[http://ubuntu.gplan.info/apt-get.org.py|script]], which will 
   * check source repositories for NEW packages
   * get source packages
   * try to build them
   * generate mail templates to source package maintainer
  0. mail package maintainers and inform them about the inclusion of the package and invite them to participate in the MOTU Team

=== Data Preservation and Migration ===

=== Packages Affected ===

=== User Interface Requirements ===

== Outstanding Issues ==

=== UDU BOF Agenda ===

 * Prioritization
 * Notifying third parties when we import their packages, and inviting them to become Ubuntu members and maintainers

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