allows the user to start the review process on a non-reviewable app

[Vadim Peretokin]

Binary package hint: software-center

The user can, for example, start the review process on a package that is installed via a PPA/.deb but is not yet in Ubuntu's repositories. Submitting the review will fail - so the user will waste time and effort composing a review.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 6 15:16:02 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-25 (12 days ago)

[Aaron Peachey (aaronp)]

Hi Vadim,
I think you have a valid point, so setting this bug as Confirmed.
We need to put some thought into how we would implement this (i.e. how do we determine if an app is 'non-reviewable' prior to the user starting to complete a review and what message etc. should we display)

[Kiwinote (kiwinote)]

At the moment we pop up an error dialog if someone tries to review an app from a nonstandard origin.