Hey, Here are some of the cross-distro topics that people are interested in. It's worth mentioning that a, b, c, d & e could possibly all live in the same service, but do not depend on each other (well, except that b, c, d & e potentially depend on a). a) Downstream/Upstream name mapping table ========================================= That's a really simple project that can map upstream and downstream names, potentially with information about a branch. For example: gtk2 in openSUSE is gtk+ (branch 2.x) upstream. That's something that some other tools will need, since this is what will make those tools work in more than one distro. b) Shared package descriptions ============================== The goal is to centralize the package descriptions whenever possible, to make sure we have high-quality descriptions. This also enables a centralized place to translate those descriptions, which will be a nice benefit. It will have a visible impact once we get an app store, since descriptions will be much more visible for applications. Note: one difficulty is how to handle subpackage. Some distros might have different subpackages, for example. Solution to be defined. c) Shared application screenshots ================================= That's something that could be used for the app store. I guess we can just all choose to use http://screenshots.debian.net/. It might be worth defining policies on what desktop environment theme/background/etc. to use, though. d) Upstream version tracker =========================== A web service to easily find what's the latest upstream version for a module (potentially with branches). Later on, it could also contain information about which versions are used in various downstreams. e) Downstream patch tracker =========================== Most distros provide a way to see patches used in their packages. A centralized tracker would make it easy for interested people to see what patches are used for a specific module (that's of interest to upstream, and to all distros that usually look at patches in other distros). Ubuntu already has something that does some of this, iirc. f) App store/Software center/Market place ========================================= There's discussion to provide a cross-distro user experience for this, using the same bricks. The applications that can be found in the app store would be different at first, since they would come from the distro repos. The current plan is to organize a 2-3 days meeting in January, with people from Debian, Fedora, Mageia, openSUSE and Ubuntu. Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-boosters+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-boosters+help@opensuse.org