Ubuntu applications database

[Jordan Mantha]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Allan Day <allanpday at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ubuntuers!
>
> I was wondering - has anyone ever thought of doing a Ubuntu applications
> database? So much of the community wiki is basically different lists
> applications. I'm sure that there's lots of duplication of effort. Why
> not keep all the applications related data in one central place, and
> then mash it up as required?

A couple releases ago Edubuntu developers wrote a specification for an
application database/review engine [0]. While maybe not specifically
what's being discussed, I personally think it would be much better to
have an application database/review site similar to
brainstorm.ubuntu.com than any wiki page.

-Jordan

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdubuntuApplicationReview