The next Ubuntu App Showdown
Review the previous app showdown, identify areas that need improvement, and set out a roadmap and plans for another app showdown later in the cycle.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Jono Bacon
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Michael Hall
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Michael Hall
- Definition:
- New
- Series goal:
- Accepted for trusty
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
Whiteboard
== Problems encountered in the last Showdown ==
http://
HTML5 support not on-par with QML
C++ cross-compiling for armhf without a device
API documentation
Developers wanted to know their scores and where they fell in relation to others
== Changes for the next Showdown ==
Provide per-area scores to show where the app needed more improvements
Content Hub should be available
Community judging via click store reviews
== Topic/Theme for the next Showdown ==
Games
Original and Ported categories again
Multiple categories to be broadly appealing
== Prize ideas ==
$10 credit to click store
or other Canonical store/service credit
Tablets
Work Items
Work items for ubuntu-13.12:
[mhall119] Check on Content Hub providers for the showdown (by mid-january): DONE
[mhall119] Check on haptics API for the showdown (by end of year): DONE
[mhall119] Check on push notifications API for the showdown (won't be ready for independent apps in 14.04): DONE
[mhall119] Check on click store reviews availaibilty for the showdown (by end of year): DONE
[mhall119] Check on Box2d availability for showdown (https:/
Work items for ubuntu-14.02:
[jonobacon] Check availability of supported tablets for prizes: DONE
[mhall119] Schedule showdown start/end dates: DONE
[mhall119] Announce showdown dates, topics/categories, prizes and rules: DONE
[mhall119] Assemble a team of judges: DONE
[mhall119] Setup submission form: INPROGRESS
[mhall119] Setup judging form: TODO
[mhall119] Update developer.
Work items for ubuntu-14.04:
[mhall119] Announce winners: TODO
