Fourth Brainstorm update
Submitted by nand on April 9, 2008 - 18:54.It's already more than one month since the launch, and Ubuntu Brainstorm continues to grow! And here is another update to the website.
- As pointed out by one user, the "Implemented ideas" list was not clear enough. Now, the implemented ideas will be classified by release, and the ones concerning the website itself will be put apart.
- Many of you, such as treynolen on "Create way to dispute "duplicate" flag on brainstorm", are not happy with the current duplicate handling system. That's also our perception: the duplicate system is fine, but not sufficient: there should be a way to group similar, but not duplicate ideas. Thus, we will think of a similar idea handling system on top of the current duplicate system. But don't expect it too soon, as it may require some work!
- Contacting us will now be easier: A "contact us" link have been added on the footer of the Brainstorm website, and very soon (tomorrow?) a mailing list will be added. But please keep ideas for Brainstorm on Brainstorm itself, it is already doing a pretty good job!
Across the web, we have seen a lot of interest to the Brainstorm website in FOSS projects, with some of them trying to set up Brainstorm websites. We want to make an open call to them: we are working on making Brainstorm project-neutral, and anybody wanting to help on the Brainstorm project is welcome! Want some help to set up a Brainstorm? Please pass by or read the instructions. Use the upcoming mailing list, or pass by #ubuntu-testing on irc.freenode.net.
Finally, since the stats module is not here yet, here are a few stats: 14,400 users, 26,000 comments, 700,000 votes, and 6500 ideas (350 deleted, 1400 duplicates). Big kudos to bgfeldm, rawsaugage, and Auzy, our best duplicate reporters with around one hundred reports! And a bow to the best hardcore-voter, 7K, with 5500 votes casted alone!

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Canonical needs to release
Canonical needs to release the Brainstorm code as open-source.
Canonical has done amazing things with Ubuntu, however, the Ubuntu community and Canonical aren't being recognized as prominent members in the open-source development community. If they want to attract more actual developers to contribute to their projects, it is key that they start releasing some code.
Alex
(First, sorry for the bug in
(First, sorry for the bug in the comments decoration!)
Brainstorm is, since the beginning, an Open Source project. See the "Contact us" link, or go directly to: https://launchpad.net/~brainstorm-dev
Thanks for the response. I
Thanks for the response. I did realize that shortly after I made my comment, I was a bit rash admittedly. Kudos to Canonical for releasing the code into the wild. I'll be sure to spread the word.
Alex
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