Contents
Summary
Ship AppStream (a cross-distro effort for building Ubuntu-Software-Center-like Software Center)
Owner
- Name: Mustafa Muhammad
- Email: <mustafaa.alhamdaani@gmail.com>
Resources
List here people who will be implied in this feature (packagers, QA, doc, ...)
Current status
- Targeted release: Mageia 4
- Last updated: 2013/07/2
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
I quote from Ximion's blog "AppStream is a cross-distro effort for building Software-Center-like Software Center applications. It contains stuff like a screenshot-service, ratings&reviews etc. The most important component is a Xapian database, storing information about all available applications in the distribution’s repositories. The Xapian DB is distro-agnostik, but distributors need to provide data to fill it. AppStream offers an application-centric way to look at a package database"
Ubuntu Software Center, Mint Software Manager, Google Play Store, Apple's AppStore, and AppStream are all a very easy ways to install software, more user friendly than package managers. We can ship a Software Center that is better than we do now, and for 2014, I think this is a must.
Why it would be good for Mageia to include it
A modern Software Center should make Mageia easier to use and more compelling for the new comers and old users alike.
Test case
Software / Packages Dependencies
- Fix urpmi-backagekit backend
- Or implementing RethinkingOurPackageManager feature
What could disrupt development of this new feature
- The PackageKit backend is not fixed, may not be fixed at all and maybe RethinkingOurPackageManager will not be accepted.
Planning
Contingency
Do not ship it.
Release Notes
Documentation
http://blog.tenstral.net/2013/05/packagekit-appstream-and-listaller-a-status-report.html
