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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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    There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache
    invalidation, and naming things.
                                                    -- Phil Karlton

One of Ubuntu's goals for 10.10 is the ability for developers to package
and publish new open-source software after 10.10 is released, and for
that software to show up in Ubuntu Software Center in 10.10, *without*
any special effort on the user's part. This in contrast to the current
situation, where a user has to (a) learn that a PPA exists and how to
add it, or (b) upgrade their entire OS before the new software appears.

The current plan for implementing this involves a new pocket in Soyuz.
More details:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-maverick-opportunistic-apps-stable-release
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-m-post-release-app-process
https://dev.launchpad.net/Soyuz/UDS-Maverick

The first task is to name this new pocket. Existing pockets are
"release", "security", "updates", "proposed", and "backports". Our
working title for the new one has been "coolapps", but that wouldn't
really work as the final name -- not all of the software will be
applications (it will likely include fonts, themes, screensavers, etc),
and it is quite likely that some of it won't be cool either.

I suggest "independent", reflecting the ideas that the developer does
their own packaging, and that it's independent of the Ubuntu release
schedule. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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