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[Phil <madhemail-launchpad@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a longer term goal, I'd agree with this.  I'm thinking of writing an app and a scope for BoardgameGeek.  I would think that some people would more want the app if they are heavier BGG users, and others the scope if they are more casual users who want to quickly search for a game, so from my point of view I'd want to have it listed as both.  Currently I think my best options is to have BoardgameGeek, an app, and BoardgameGeek Search, as scope, as seperate packages so they remain as discrete, searchable entities.  I understand that this may not be easily done in the short-term, but I think its value should at least be discussed for inclusion in the future roadmap.

Cheers

Phil
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On Mon, 16/3/15, Nathan Haines <nhaines@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Scopes default store behaviour
 To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Date: Monday, 16 March, 2015, 22:36
 
 On 03/16/2015 03:31 PM,
 Martin Albisetti wrote:
 > Supporting an
 app showing up as both an app and a scope at the same
 time
 > is more invasive and not easily
 backwards compatible. If the former
 >
 feels like enough to everyone, I'll add that to our
 list, give control
 > to the developer on
 how to present the package type.
 
 I think the store should indicate (maybe with
 icons in the listing) 
 whether a click
 package provides an app or a scope.  For example, 
 Telegram seems to be a perfectly symbiotic
 pair, but I really would have 
 appreciated
 knowing that there was a scope beforehand.
 
 In addition, there are a large
 number of completely worthless webapps 
 and
 there are sure to be an equally dubious number of RSS scopes
 in the 
 near future.  It'd be nice to
 see when an official app came with a scope 
 so that I could look into curating any
 standalone unofficial scopes that 
 were
 locally installed.
 
 -- 
 Nathan Haines
 Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/
 
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