Distribute R-core package with a launcher and appdata

[Bastián Díaz]

Hello everyone, my proposal is this:

-Include a desktop launcher *.desktop for R (terminal=true)
-Include information about application (aka appdata)

In gnome-software working to promote appdata, but unfortunately only 
consider applications with GUI and for good reason, but I think you can 
give some exceptions like R. For example, Octave before its version 4.0 
and official GUI, was distributed with desktop launcher and now has 
appdata, making it easy to install with gnome-software.

R, it is a project with great reputation and widely used in research and 
academia.

The benefits:
-Very visible (easy to find and install/remove)
-Easy to launch through the application view (gnome-shell)
-Quick access to the project website
-Rating and other benefits of gnome-software (running out-of-the-box, 
usage statistics?, etc.)

Additional info:
R now have a nice flat logo -> https://www.r-project.org/Rlogo.png

Cheers

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Bastián Díaz