On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Harald Sitter <sit...@kde.org> wrote: > Aloha > > A while ago Aleix created an appstreamrunner allowing you to find > applications (from appstream data) via krunner and install them (by > invoking whatever software center is associated with appstream URIs). > > There was some consensus that it would be nice to have but we never > reached a decision where to put it. > > I am proposing that we include appstreamrunner in plasma-workspace and > enable it by default. > > It only depends on appstream and can use any old appstream-enabled > software center (discover, gnome-software, what have you) and it makes > sense in pretty much every form factor scenario (e.g. if mobile > launcher has a search it can equally display apps for installation if > no installed software matches the query). > I've been using it since the very first day and simply love it! > Software at once's fingertips, what more can anyone ask for. > > HS
I think it's a good idea. +1 Note that we're already using AppStream in other places of Plasma, such as Plasma Desktop and Discover. Aleix