[Bf-funboard] Please add an AppData file for Gnome & KDE software centers

[Alexander Wilms]

The AppStream docs mention that it's currently a draft:
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-AppStream-Metadata-AppData.html

Am 25.11.2013 03:13, schrieb Campbell Barton:
> This looks like something Richard Hughes initiated but I can't see any
> evidence this is a standard yet (2 links referring to appdata
> reference user 'hughsient').
>
> Has this been accepted as a a freedesktop spec?
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Alexander Wilms
> <f.alexander.wilms at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> AppData is a new file format (Spec:
>> http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/) that, when shipped
>> with a software package has the advantage that the respective
>> application is presented in a much slicker way in Gnome's and KDE's
>> software centers.
>> Roughly like this:
>> http://jimmac.musichall.cz/stuff/gnome3/Software/app.html
>>
>> AppData file:
>> https://github.com/hughsie/fedora-appstream/blob/master/appdata-extra/desktop/blender.appdata.xml
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alex
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