Bug 445567

Summary:	Feature Request: aggregate the snap/flatpak/deb/other packaging formats of the same app into one single entry, and then give the option to manually install any type.
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	strangequark <random1123581321>
Component:	discover	Assignee:	Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <leinir>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	aleixpol
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.23.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description strangequark 2021-11-16 08:00:23 UTC

SUMMARY
Currently, different packages of the same app are not grouped, and the ratings are split between the apps. Also, it is very hard to find a (say) Flatpak version of a Snap app that was found through the search, if one prefers Flatpak over Snap. If the apps were grouped into one single entry, then the user manually choose to install it through apt/flatpak/snap/etc. 

There might be problems in terms of (say) the flatpak version being buggy and the snap version being good, and I don't know how to solve that problem yet, but this might be worth considering.

I believe the Pop!_OS Shop does this, but I'm not sure.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
n/a

OBSERVED RESULT
It is hard to find apps, and different packages of apps are hard to find if we prefer one packaging format over the other.

EXPECTED RESULT
It be easier to find the different format packaging for the apps, and also the ratings be combined so that the apps are more clearly rated rather than it being split across multiple entries of the same app.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
n/a, but KDE neon 5.23 User

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
none

Comment 1 Aleix Pol 2021-11-16 16:36:38 UTC

They should be as long as the same appstream id is offered on all of them.

Which application did you find where it was not the case?

Comment 2 strangequark 2021-11-17 13:50:07 UTC

(In reply to Aleix Pol from comment #1)
> They should be as long as the same appstream id is offered on all of them.
> 
> Which application did you find where it was not the case?

Sorry, I just realized that the feature already exists... I never noticed it because it's only there for some apps (mostly KDE apps).