Build Service/Workflows

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Browse for software

• See the latest changes (history page)
• Browse the best rated applications
• Browse by Categories (trove/freshmeat ?)
• Browse by Keywords (The keywords may be grouped under some categories for browsing)

Searching for software

• Enter a string. The search function should look in following data in this order of relevance

1. exact package name
2. Keywords
3. categories (trove/freshmeat ?
4. description (optionally)

The rating of the application should have influence on the order.

 Cornelius, we need your help here :)

Download a package for installation

1. Search or Browse for an application
2. View the public project page
3. Click on download link
4. package will be sent by the server and handled by the browser

Subscribe a repository

1. Search or Browse for an application
2. View the public project page
3. Click on link
4. browser will call external application to handle the repository information

comments: for YUM, the user can click on 'go to repository' like, then copy the url to the .repo file. Then on command line (with an example URL):

su
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/Fedora_7/openSUSE:Tools.repo

for Debian: what is the equivalent? needs to be documented.

User gives feedback about the software

• Rating works by clicking on a certain star from a row of stars
• User enters a text and submit it

Simple, easy package creation

It will be done by a wizard later. TBD

Create a modified version of a package with minimal technical details

AI Adrian: upload workflow

Suggest package changes / Request for merge

• Click on a button for request merge
• linked package only: The admin of the linked project will get notified
• not linked package: prompt the user for the desired project to get merged in
• the original project owner may refuse the merge and reply a comment about it
• otherwise package gets merge into the project

TBD: what happens with the merged package ?

Receive notifications for specific project updates

1. Go to a project page
2. Press on notification button
3. select what kind of changes you want to get notified about (source, rpm releases)
4. select the kind of notification

Track changes of the projects

• Watch the check in history
• Watch the package build history
• Watch the release history

Possibly create his own distribution

TBD

Trigger an update of a package

1. Click the update button
2. version prompter may appear
3. download or svn/cvs checkout will happen
4. changelog entry gets added
5. rebuild will be triggered

Create a new project

• click a button
• mandatory items to setup on creation:
  • name (id)
  • title
  • description
  • category
• optional (discuss if added at creation and
  • 'hide project' checkbox
  • tags (labels)
  • special urls (screenshots, wiki, bug tracker)
  • logo/icon?
  • adding additional user

Edit Projects

• information that appears on the main project page is edited directly on that page
• all other options are edited/set on a project subpage
• config page could be done using tab-like navigation

Create all different kinds of packages

TBD

• create package from scratch

• create package using template
  • all fields are editable on the main project page
  • mandatory fields are highlighted specially on the main package page

Edit Packages

• add files
• add sources (http source, svn/cvs source)
• edit spec file (using web ui)
• add/remove users
• change version