28.08.2018 14:28 Björn Persson <Bjorn@rombobjörn.se> wrote: > Mattia Verga wrote: > > The Group tag would not fix exactly what I mean. I wouldn't want to create > > groups of packages, but apply descriptive tags of the abilities of the > > package. > > For example, in some of the packages I maintain: > > ccdciel: astronomy, astrophotography, imaging, telescope > > skychart: astronomy, telescope, planetarium > > kpmcore: administration, disk, partition, utility > > > > ... so that a user can search for those tags in a package manager, instead > > of searching Google to find what software can do what he's searching for and > > then search for that package in the package manager to find if Fedora ships > > it. > > Why don't you just write your descriptions to include those words? > > One can already find CCDciel with "yum search all telescope", Skychart > with "yum search all planetarium", and KPMcore with "yum search all > partition". Searching for "astronom" (to catch both "astronomy" and > "astronomer") finds both CCDciel and Skychart. > [...]
I think that *.desktop file which is a core of what PackageKit and GNOME Software define as an application is a good place for keywords. This is how it already works: if you type a keyword into the GNOME Software search box or just into the GNOME (systemwide) search box it will find applications including those not yet installed. Another advantage is that the keywords in the *.desktop file can be easily localized so a user may search using the native language. Unfortunately, ccdciel.desktop [1] does not use Keywords keyword. But we can change it, that's how open source works. :-) Yes, I know, the spec file format also provides i18n features so the rpm file can be translated as well but this is seldom used. I don't think we have an infrastructure to facilitate this. Regards, Rafal [1] https://github.com/pchev/ccdciel/blob/master/system_integration/Linux/share/applications/ccdciel.desktop _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
