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[Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everybody,

we just had a brief call about review requirements for click packages.
What was discussed was based on the plan to open the appstore for alpha
use soon and earlier discussions, mostly:

 - https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-appstore-developers/msg00096.html
   (very early on, ideas based on other review processes we had in
    place in the past)
 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppStore/Decisions/ReviewRequirements

Here's a brief summary of what was discussed:

 - Alpha stage will help learning more about what we might want to
   check and automate.
 - There should be a click-lint tool, which could be run client-
   and server-side.
 - This tool could check the security bits (needs input from security
   team who already started work on a lint tool for this).
 - In terms of namespace checks, this tool could check
   `bzr launchpad-login` and see if it matches.
 - On the server-end we could probably auto-whitelist
   net.launchpad.user.* namespace entries.
 - Client installation tools (app scope) should have landed
   (in semi-final form) at end of August.
 - Question: How easy will app updates for the submitter be?
   Currently: fill out same form again. Would be nice if this was
   easier.
 - Question: Who can review apps? Just app submitter and review
   team.
 - Question: Do we have URLs already? Not in production yet.
 - Question: Will we have howto videos? Martin wanted to look
   into this.
 - Observation: The more security permissions are going to be
   requested, the more work it's going to be for the review
   team to make sure what the app wants to do.
 - TODO: Collect list of people who want to help out with apps
   review during the very early non-automated stage. Raise hands
   please!
 - TODO: Figure out if there will be a policy on Canonical-only
   app reviewers.

If this sparks any questions, please speak up. If anything is wrong in
here, do the same! :-)

Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for all the hard work you put
into this effort!
 Daniel

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