The Software Sources application allowed user selection of the package download location.

There should be a coordinated system for developers and enthusiasts to improve the usefulness of descriptions and other metadata for software packages.

By May 2011, the plan had mostly been completed:[4] In August 2015 Chris Hoffman of PC World criticized the application, indicating that Canonical was not maintaining it properly while work on the replacement application was being pursued.

In particular, he noted that paid applications were not being supported properly and that Canonical had not informed developers of this.

[14] In November 2015 Canonical announced that development would end and the application would be replaced by GNOME Software in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.