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

[Alexander Wilms]

I asked Richard regarding the spec's status and he responded "It's no
less a standard than any of the other specs on fd.o -- I suppose I could
move it to the Specifications area, but this doesn't make it any more
official..."

And since the majority of applications related to Gnome already use it,
it'll likely not change much in the near future.

Am 26.11.2013 05:51, schrieb Campbell Barton:
> 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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