Distribute R-core package with a launcher and appdata

[Bastián Díaz]

El 15-09-2015 11:29, Richard Hughes escribió:
> On 12 September 2015 at 05:09, Bastián Díaz
> <diaz.bastian at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>> -Include a desktop launcher *.desktop for R (terminal=true)
> 
> I don't think the software center shows apps with terminal=true at the 
> moment...

I could understand, but there are some applications of high popularity 
that would benefit the change.

> 
>> 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.
> 
> At the moment it's policy not to show terminal applications, otherwise
> we open the floodgates for "applications" like mutt, vi, powertop,
> etc.

These applications are commonly used by system administrators or used in 
servers. The last two have a GUI.


  I'm not saying those projects are not awesome, but the software
> center story that we've got doesn't cope with them very well. I think
> the best thing to do is talk to the designers and find a good way to
> indicate these applications are terminal applications, and get some
> guidance on how to decide what to include and what to exclude.
> 

I do not think that all applications for terminal appears on 
gnome-software. It is best to pick a handful of them, so I proposed 
individually to R.
I can not find a mailing list for gnome design, so I'll create a new 
report for improvement.

Cheers

-- 
Bastián Díaz