[Bug 174449] Re: apt should be able to search ppa packages in launchpad

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Thanks for the suggestion, but we aren't going to do this. The reason is
that PPAs are for software development and testing and have no oversight
for safety. If you find a PPA, it should be because either you created
it yourself, or someone you trust told you about it.

If you want to publish an application outside of the Ubuntu archive,
that's what <https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/> is for.

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  apt should be able to search ppa packages in launchpad

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  Wishlist:
  As a provider of gnome-do (https://edge.launchpad.net/gc) via a ppa in LP it would be awesome if users could do
  apt-cache search gnome-do

  and apt would search LP for packages once the main..universe came up
  empty. Then if users chose to install it apt could auto-add the ppa
  repository and download the package for the user.

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