Hi, since I think this result of the Debian Med sprint might be of more general interest thus I'm simply forwarding to debian-devel what was posted on Debian Med list.
Thread start was here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2016/02/msg00049.html Kind regards Andreas. ----- Forwarded message from Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> ----- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:52:22 +0900 From: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> To: debian-...@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Associating packages with file types using appstream succeeded Le Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 07:15:02PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen a écrit : > > The goal was to use appstream to announce file format support in a > non-GUI package (aka one without a .desktop file), and we used the khmer > package as an example. It is now listed as a package supporting the > application/vnd.oxli.countgraph MIME type: > > % appstreamcli what-provides mimetype application/vnd.oxli.countgraph > Identifier: oxli [generic] > Name: khmer > Summary: in-memory DNA sequence kmer counting, filtering & graph traversal > Package: khmer > ---- > % > > To do this, we added debian/khmer.metainfo.xml with the following > content and installed it in /usr/share/appdata/: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <component> > <id>oxli</id> > <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license> > <name>khmer</name> > <summary>in-memory DNA sequence kmer counting, filtering & graph > traversal</summary> > <description> > <p> > khmer is a library and suite of command line tools for working > with DNA sequence. It is primarily aimed at short-read > sequencing data such as that produced by the Illumina > platform. khmer takes a k-mer-centric approach to sequence > analysis, hence the name. > </p> > </description> > <mimetypes> > <mimetype>application/vnd.oxli.countgraph</mimetype> > </mimetypes> > </component> Hi Petter, this is a great result, especially now that it is easy for any project to submit new media types to the IANA. I added the following information to the MimeTypesSupport page in the Debian wiki: Packages can declare support for media types using the AppStream system, by placing metainfo XML files in /usr/share/appdata/, with names such as <package>.metainfo.xml. Commands like appstreamcli will then be able to report which package supports which media types, and package managers will be able to suggest the package for installation. https://wiki.debian.org/MimeTypesSupport#For_package_installation Corrections or improvements are welcome ! Have a nice day, -- Charles ----- End forwarded message ----- -- http://fam-tille.de
