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An option to filter out "hello" and "test" snaps #99

Open NullNoname opened 6 years ago

NullNoname commented 6 years ago

I think an option to hide all these "hello" and "test" snaps that floods the application list (https://uappexplorer.com/snaps?type=application) would be nice. Most of these snaps are basic "hello world" apps and we probably don't need so many duplicates.

Aury88 commented 6 years ago

95 test and 81 hello...some with the same application name (I don't know how it is possible). probably they came from here after doing this...imho it's a snapcraft documentation fault...they need do add some line about unpublish app (a simple snapcraft close <snap_name> <channel> command). their last tutorial is about using the dashboard in which seem there is not an easy way to remove a snap

bhdouglass commented 6 years ago

Oh wow, I didn't realize there were so many, I'll see about filtering them out of the results by default.

Aury88 commented 6 years ago

some of the test seem to be effective application needed for testing things (plus my favorite opensource minecraft alternative is named minetest). I've already write about this in their forum

bhdouglass commented 6 years ago

@Aury88 good point, we wouldn't want to exclude minetest by default. Might make sense to petition for a change in the snapcraft docs and not really do anything on uApp Explorer.

Aury88 commented 6 years ago

ok, the forum talk I've opened about this problem is here with 59 views but 0 replies....probably a more "official" request or some word in that talk could help unlock the situation ;-)

NullNoname commented 6 years ago

I think this situation won't be improved anytime soon (@Aury88's forum thread still has no reply) so I think, at the very least, applications that contain "hello" in its name or "GNU hello" in its description should be filtered-out by default in uApp Explorer website. As @Aury88 pointed out, several "test" apps are useful apps so I think they are okay to be visible by default.

Aury88 commented 6 years ago

@NullNoname, you are right.... probably my forum was too much cryptic or considered not relevant...also applying my suggestion can only limit the new test/hello entry and the already uploaded hello/test snaps would be not removed anyway. the easiest way remain a default filter

bhdouglass commented 6 years ago

I think the approach that makes sense to me is to add a new filter that hides all the test/hello apps (off by default) and let users decide if they want to turn it on or not.