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How do I reccomend a programme?

Asked by John Wilson

The process to reccomend a programme to the Applications ReviewBoard is frustrating.

I do not want to sigh up as a developer of commerial applications.

I just want to reccomend that a program so that it gets wider exposure through the Ubuntu Software Centre and istallation is a bit easier than a download from a website.

Can anyone guide me through the process?

Regards,
John

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Why install the 173 driver? Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Sorry, wrong post, ignore that :)

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

All I can suggest is make a suggestion of:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said : 		#4

Thank you for your prompt suggestion.
I'm now waiting for my password for brainstorm.ubuntu.com
I would like to see OpenCPN on the software centre which would expose the programme to more people and would make installation easier than a download from opencpn.org
The advantage of OpenCPN over GPSDrive is that nautical charts don't have to be manipulated
Regards,
John

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#6

Hi John,

Sorry to chime in, but Ubuntu automatically imports the debian archive. If a program is to be added to the software centre, the vast majority of packages are actually pulled from this (debian) archive.

You can request a package to be included [1], but the request will only be fulfilled if a volunteer decides that they wish to take on the burden of ensuring the program is correctly maintained. If you have the appropriate skills, or are willing to learn them, then you can maintain your own package and have it uploaded into the debian archive, after some peer review.

The modified packages will be auto-imported into ubuntu during the "debian import freeze".
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianImportFreeze

[1] http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ (search for "RFP")
[2] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said : 		#7

Hi
Thank you for your constructive comments.
The programme I am enthusiastic about is called OpenCPN and I downloaded it from their website http://opencpn.org/ocpn/
There you can get 3 ubuntu downloads (32 bit Ubuntu, 32 bit Ubuntu >10.10 and 64 bit Ubuntu >10.10).
I am fairly new to this aspect of Ubuntu but the developers of OpenCPN seem to have done a lot of the work.
The person who put me onto this program is Hamish Beaman, a marine biologist in Dunedin, who maintains a PPa repository to turn .tiffs into geotiffs which you need to do before GPSDrive can handle the charts.
With OpenCPN you do not need to do this but I am a Canadian...
The Canadian Hydrographic Service puts out its current charts in BSB4 encryption which the Ubuntu version of OpenCPN cannot handle.
My greatest barrier has been getting some old charts in BSB3 which work perfectly.
Regards,
John