For completeness, some reasons why the "name" field is bad for displaying: - It's not translatable. - It's not able to accurately express the name of snap/app (limited characters allowed). - It's optimised for command line usage, not desktop cases (tends to be unnecessarily short, abbreviated). - It is used for both name and publisher differentiation (e.g. "libreoffice", "libreoffice-rancell").
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663060 Title: Add a title field to snap metadata Status in Developer registration portal: New Status in Snappy: New Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in snapcraft package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in snapd package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in snapd-glib package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: There are currently three naming fields in the snap metadata: name: a codename for the snap (can't contain spaces) summary: a one-line description of the snap description: A multi-line description of the snap For example for the Ubuntu calculator app we have: name: ubuntu-calculator-app summary: Ubuntu Calculator app description: The calculator app for all Ubuntu devices. What is missing is the 'title' field from the store - this is more appropriate to use in a graphical system to display this. For example, this should be "Calculator" for ubuntu-calculator-app. I think the following needs to be done: 1. A title field needs to be specified in the .snap metadata. 2. snapd needs to return this field for local snaps from the metadata, and return the store field for searches. 3. The store should take the title field from the metadata when uploading and automatically set it in the store. 4. Snapcraft needs to have updated documentation / prompt the user to enter this field. 5. snapd-glib needs support for this field. 6. GNOME Software should use this field where appropriate. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/developer-portal/+bug/1663060/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
