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This document will evolve over time to indicate what goals and use cases
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gnome-software targets at the moment.
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Primary goals
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* Allow people to find apps by browsing or search:
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- a specific app that they're looking for, or
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- apps in a particular category, or with particular functionality that they require
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* Allow people to effectively inspect and appraise apps before they install them (screenshots, descriptions, ratings, comments, metadata)
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* Allow people to view which apps are installed and remove them
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* Present a positive view of the app ecosystem
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- Reinforce the sense that there are lots of high quality apps
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- Encourage people to engage with that ecosystem, both as users and as contributors
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- When browsing, present and promote the best apps that are available
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- Facilitate accidental discovery of great apps
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* Handle software updates. Make software updates as little work for users as possible. To include: apps, OS updates (PackageKit, eos, rpm-ostree), firmware
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* Support multiple software repositories, defined by both the distributor and users.
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- Show which repos are configured. Allow them to be added/removed.
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- Handle cases where the same app can be installed from multiple sources.
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Secondary goals
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* OS upgrades
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* Hardware driver installation
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* Input method installation
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* Respond to application queries for software (apps, codecs, languages)
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* Offline and metered connections
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* OS updates end of life
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* App end of life
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Non-goals
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* Not a package manager front-end
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* Not all repos are equal
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* Not all apps are equal
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