Added metainfo data for appstream

[stefonarch]

Feature list to complete and reorder @tsujan

[tsujan]

I'm not good at this. If you're sure that this is the correct way of adding it, please ship it.

However, there are instances of <li></li>. Are they left empty intentionally?

[stefonarch]

However, there are instances of

. Are they left empty intentionally?

Yes, see first comment.

[tsujan]

Oh, it's hard to pick up the most important features; there are many.

[ferdnyc]

Suggested change

	<image>https://github.com/lxqt/qps/blob/master/pcmanfm-qt.png</image>
	<image>https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/blob/master/pcmanfm-qt.png</image>

[ferdnyc]

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	<li>Admin mode fot tabs</li>
	<li>Admin mode for tabs</li>

[ferdnyc]

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	<li>Full wayland compatible</li>
	<li>Fully wayland compatible</li>

or

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	<li>Full wayland compatible</li>
	<li>Full wayland compatibility</li>

[ferdnyc]

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	<li>Display options per folder</li>
	<li>Customize view options per folder</li>

[ferdnyc]

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	<li>Split view</li>
	<li>Dual-pane (commander) mode</li>

[ferdnyc]

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	<li></li>
	<li>Four view modes</li>

(...which I might move up before the "Customize..." entry)

[ferdnyc]

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	<li></li>
	<li>Optional desktop icon support</li>

[ferdnyc]

Ideally the appstream metadata would also contain a package release history in a <releases> tag, which can be as simple as:

<releases>
 <release version="2.0" date="2024-01-01" />
 <release version="1.0" date="2023-01-01" />
</releases>

...Part of the process for releasing new versions of the package would be to insert a new <release> tag at the front of that list.

Alternatively, a separate XML file can contain the (presumably auto-generated) release info, referenced from the main file with:

<releases type="external"
 url="https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/blob/master/io.github.lxqt.pcmanfm-qt.releases.xml" />

(It's required that at least a minimal external release file also be installed locally to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/metainfo/releases/ as io.github.lxqt.pcmanfm-qt.releases.xml, when using type="external" with or without a url=.)

[ferdnyc]

Not strictly required because <anything>.desktop is still supported as a legacy value, but when converting component IDs to reverse-DNS format, they suggest:

You may also consider to update the name of the accompanying .desktop file to follow the latest version of the Desktop-Entry specification and use a rDNS name for it as well. In any case, do not forget to mention the new desktop-entry in a <launchable/> tag for this component to keep the application launchable from software centers and the .desktop file data associated with the metainfo data.

So the .desktop file could ideally be renamed to io.github.lxqt.pcmanfm-qt.desktop, to follow the latest FreeDesktop Desktop-Entry spec (and also be more in line with appstream).

[tsujan]

@ferdnyc
Thanks a lot for the info!

[City-busz]

Suggested change

	<image>https://github.com/lxqt/qps/blob/master/pcmanfm-qt.png</image>
	<image>https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/raw/master/pcmanfm-qt.png</image>