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Feature #349

RFE: Install an AppData file

Added by Michael Schwendt about 11 years ago. Updated almost 10 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Minor

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Target version:

3.6

Start date:

September 27, 2013

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Description

Proposal: AppData files in all application packages?
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-September/188799.html

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http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/
https://github.com/hughsie/appdata-tools
https://github.com/hughsie/fedora-appstream/tree/master/appdata-extra

History

#1 Updated by John Lindgren about 11 years ago

From what I can see, this XML file would only be used by Fedora and specifically by GNOME Software on Fedora. Is that correct?

#2 Updated by Michael Schwendt about 11 years ago

No. It is related to AppStream, which is a cross-distro effort. The metadata is DE-agnostic, so it's not specific to the GNOME Software Center (aka "gnome-software") that is being developed.

#3 Updated by John Lindgren about 11 years ago

"Cross-distro effort" sounds like a PR buzzword to me, but regardless, if you want to write such a file, it could go under contrib/.

#4 Updated by Michael Schwendt about 11 years ago

That may be true, but actually there have been/are other dists involved, and Fedora is late in the game: http://blog.tenstral.net/2013/05/packagekit-appstream-and-listaller-a-status-report.html

Creating such a file from the example is simple. It would be more beautiful with an official screenshot and an updatecontact address. There's no need to rush IMO.