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

Campbell Barton ideasman42 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 26 05:51:15 CET 2013


If its still in draft it seems reasonable to hold off with adding it
into blender's git repo until the spec is accepted.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Alexander Wilms
<f.alexander.wilms at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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