Hello,
I would like to propose an improvement regarding how abandoned, outdated, or broken applications are reported on Flathub.
At the moment, the recommended approach seems to be opening a PR to mark the app as EOL, or reporting the issue directly in the corresponding Flathub GitHub repository. This works well for people with technical knowledge, but it completely excludes most regular users who:
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do not know what a PR is,
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are unfamiliar with GitHub,
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or simply do not know where or how to report such issues.
Proposal:
Would it be possible to add a simple, user-friendly way to report problems directly from the Flathub website?
Something like:
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a “Report application” button,
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a short feedback form,
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or a basic flagging system that forwards the report to moderators or maintainers.
This would allow any user, even those with no technical background, to notify issues such as:
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abandoned or unmaintained upstream,
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the app is broken or does not launch,
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the app is severely outdated,
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broken homepage or upstream links,
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or any other relevant problem.
The Flathub team or available maintainers could then review these reports and decide whether to open an issue, prepare an EOL PR, contact the maintainer, or take another appropriate action.
I believe this would improve the overall quality of the catalog, reduce the workload for maintainers, and enable non-technical users to help keep Flathub healthy.
Has something like this been discussed before?
Would it be feasible to include it in the roadmap?
Thank you for considering this suggestion.
