How to get my app visible in gnome-software

[Jeandet Alexis]

Hi,

I wonder if a copr rpm can be visible on gnome-software, then if yes can
somebody point me to some documentation for fixing my spec file? 
This is a graphical app and I'm a very beginner in rpm building, I may
have missed something obvious.

Best regards,

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 9:46 AM, jeandet alexis  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if a copr rpm can be visible on gnome-software, then if yes can
> somebody point me to some documentation for fixing my spec file?
> This is a graphical app and I'm a very beginner in rpm building, I may
> have missed something obvious.

The guidelines are WIP at

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rhughes/DraftAppDataGuidelines

http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/

Rahul

[Jeandet Alexis]

On Sat, 2014-06-28 at 13:29 -0400, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 9:46 AM, jeandet alexis  wrote:
>         Hi,
>     I wonder if a copr rpm can be visible on gnome-software, then
>     if yes can
>     somebody point me to some documentation for fixing my spec
>     file?
>     This is a graphical app and I'm a very beginner in rpm
>     building, I may
>     have missed something obvious.
>
>
> The guidelines are WIP at
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rhughes/DraftAppDataGuidelines
>
> http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/
>
> Rahul

Hi Rahul,

Thanks for the documentation, I've added the .appdata.xml file. I'm
still not able to see my app in gnome-software I don't know how it
refresh the software list, maybe it need some time(my internet
connection is very slow). I will try to investigate this tomorrow.

Best regards
Alexis.
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[Richard Hughes]

On 28 June 2014 23:14, jeandet alexis  wrote:
> Thanks for the documentation, I've added the .appdata.xml file. I'm
> still not able to see my app in gnome-software

GNOME software in 3.10 and 3.12 uses the AppStream metadata that is
generated from the fedora repos. You need to get your application into
Fedora before it will be visible in the software center. GNOME
Software has no way of searching all the random repos on the Internet,
and can only load the metadata that has been prepared ahead of time.

If you're using GNOME 3.14, gnome-software will consider your local
AppData file and show the correct data, but obviously this will not
work until the application is installed manually.

Richard.

How to get my app visible in gnome-software[SOLVED]

[Jeandet Alexis]

On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 10:33 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On 28 June 2014 23:14, jeandet alexis  wrote:
> > Thanks for the documentation, I've added the .appdata.xml file. I'm
> > still not able to see my app in gnome-software
>
> GNOME software in 3.10 and 3.12 uses the AppStream metadata that is
> generated from the fedora repos. You need to get your application into
> Fedora before it will be visible in the software center. GNOME
> Software has no way of searching all the random repos on the Internet,
> and can only load the metadata that has been prepared ahead of time.
>
> If you're using GNOME 3.14, gnome-software will consider your local
> AppData file and show the correct data, but obviously this will not
> work until the application is installed manually.
>
> Richard.

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your answer, it was quite weird to me, looking the data
provided by copr repo, that it would work. In my understanding the only
way for gnome-software to get appdata information would be to get the
rpm which wouldn't be optimized. 
So from your answer it's clear, is there any plan for copr to generate
this data in the futur? If I setup my own repository, would I be able to
generate this data? My software is quite far from being releasable on
fedora repos that's why I'm asking.

Best regards,

How to get my app visible in gnome-software[SOLVED]

[Jeandet Alexis]

Hi Richard,

I've looked more in detail about appstream stuff, I've found your tools
appstream-glib and builder. It seems easy to use if I use my own repo
but do you have any idea how to trigger it on copr(Any hack?)?

Best regards,
Alexis.
On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 11:49 +0200, jeandet alexis wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 10:33 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > On 28 June 2014 23:14, jeandet alexis  wrote:
> > > Thanks for the documentation, I've added the .appdata.xml file. I'm
> > > still not able to see my app in gnome-software
> >
> > GNOME software in 3.10 and 3.12 uses the AppStream metadata that is
> > generated from the fedora repos. You need to get your application into
> > Fedora before it will be visible in the software center. GNOME
> > Software has no way of searching all the random repos on the Internet,
> > and can only load the metadata that has been prepared ahead of time.
> >
> > If you're using GNOME 3.14, gnome-software will consider your local
> > AppData file and show the correct data, but obviously this will not
> > work until the application is installed manually.
> >
> > Richard.
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for your answer, it was quite weird to me, looking the data
> provided by copr repo, that it would work. In my understanding the only
> way for gnome-software to get appdata information would be to get the
> rpm which wouldn't be optimized. 
> So from your answer it's clear, is there any plan for copr to generate
> this data in the futur? If I setup my own repository, would I be able to
> generate this data? My software is quite far from being releasable on
> fedora repos that's why I'm asking.
> Best regards,
>
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How to get my app visible in gnome-software[SOLVED]

[Richard Hughes]

On 29 June 2014 14:04, jeandet alexis  wrote:
> I've looked more in detail about appstream stuff, I've found your tools
> appstream-glib and builder. It seems easy to use if I use my own repo
> but do you have any idea how to trigger it on copr(Any hack?)?

No hack, but I suggest writing an email to the copr mailing list
asking for one of the developers to add support. I think copr would be
a very good place to test the builder code before we start  pushing it
on the actual Fedora build servers.

Richard.