[frameworks-kcoreaddons] [Bug 492875] New: Add KAboutData function to read the about information from the metadata XML file

[Murz]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492875

            Bug ID: 492875
           Summary: Add KAboutData function to read the about information
                    from the metadata XML file
    Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
           Product: frameworks-kcoreaddons
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: mp...@kde.org
          Reporter: mur...@gmail.com
                CC: kdelibs-b...@kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY

All the apps should provide the AppStream Metadata file (appdata.xml) file with
a description, that contains the about information too.

But when we're creating the about dialog, in most cases we have to put the same
information there, but in code. 

And it's pretty problematic to update the information and keep in sync in both
places.

So, the idea is to create a function like `KAboutData::setDataFromFile(string
filePath)` that will read the XML file and fill the all values from there.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13

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