Add a filter hiding unmaintained apps in app list

[derritter88]

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Feature request

Which Nextcloud Version are you currently using: (see administration page)
31.0.3

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Over the time so many people developed different apps for Nextcloud which is in general a good idea but as people move on to different projects there are apps which are totally outdated and unable to run on an up-to-date/maintained Nextcloud version - e.g. Ebook reader: According to the store the last update was released 6 years ago and is compatible with Nextcloud 16.

Describe the solution you'd like
Remove apps which are either abandoned since several years or are no longer compatible with the last official maintained version of Nextcloud

Describe alternatives you've considered
Create some kind of graveyard appstore where all those non-maintained apps may be listed.

[edward-ly]

Hi! Thanks for your input, but I'm not sure if it makes sense to hide apps by default, let alone remove them entirely. Just because an app hasn't been updated in a while doesn't necessarily mean it won't work on the latest Nextcloud version either. I think adding a filter with select-able Nextcloud versions and showing only apps that have been released for those versions could be useful, though. For a minimum implementation, we could just start with a checkbox that only shows apps supported in the last 3 recent Nextcloud versions. What do you think?

Regardless, we welcome any pull requests that you want to contribute and will be happy to review them as they come in.

[derritter88]

Hello @edward-ly I agree that a filtering solution would possible be the better approach compared to removing the apps.

[devnoname120]

@edward-ly I don't have the same experience... With the sheer number of breaking changes we've had in the past 4 major versions there is virtually 0 chance that any app older than this still works.

[oleksandr-nc]

I like the idea with filter

[edward-ly]

Another reason to not delete apps haphazardly: as much as certain NC versions may be considered "outdated" by the community, there may still be users (especially enterprise customers) that still rely on older NC versions and apps, and thus we cannot break any existing setups as long as the apps are still in use. It is still possible for an app to be safely deleted, but we would need approval from the higher-ups confirming that no one is using the app anymore before doing so.

[derritter88]

I partially agree but also Nextcloud Enterprise will only support a few versions but not for example NC19.

Maybe a filter solution would probably be the best so a user can decide which apps should be displayed.

[devnoname120]

IMO the filter should exclude old apps by default, rather to include everything by default and require people to play with the filters to see the actually available apps.

[sunjam]

I think this is a duplicate of the suggestion in #1559, specifically:

Perhaps it would make sense to offer a check option to Hide Unsupported or Show Supported wording, as is done with Featured, so that older versions can be hidden within whatever selection screen. Mock up:

Either way, perhaps this mock up is useful. ❤️