[AppStream] Information about "mobile-readiness" in AppStream

[Matthias Klumpp]

Am Mo., 17. Feb. 2020 um 15:35 Uhr schrieb Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org>:
>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 3:34 PM Matthias Klumpp <matthias at tenstral.net> wrote:
> >
> > Am Sa., 8. Feb. 2020 um 16:39 Uhr schrieb Matthias Klumpp
> > <matthias at tenstral.net>:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > In AppStream, using these tags could look like this:
> > > ```
> > > <recommends>
> > >   <control>touch</control>
> > >   <control>pointing</control>
> > >   <control>keyboard</control>
> > >   <control>gamepad</control>
> > > </recommends>
> > > ```
> > >
> > > Using this is "requires" would obviously mean an app isn't installable
> > > on a device that doesn't have the selected input method, which is
> > > probably not a thing developers would want to do in most cases.
> > > [...]
> >
> > If there are no further comments on this, it is quite likely that I'll
> > just go ahead soonish and implement the semantics outlined in my last
> > mail for the next release of AppStream (only the controls part though,
> > as the screen size part definitely needs more work).
> > So, any comment on this would be appreciated!
>
> Maybe it's easier to discuss over a merge request?

That was my next escalation step ;-)
I am pretty happy with the change now though, so it's likely I'll
merge this soon if nobody objects:
https://github.com/ximion/appstream/pull/265 (and then add the
necessary tests and validator checks)

Cheers,
   Matthias

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