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Bug 736053 - Add a url scheme handler to gnome-software
Add a url scheme handler to gnome-software
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-software
Classification: Applications
Component: General
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Software maintainer(s)
GNOME Software maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-09-04 13:24 UTC by Elad Alfassa
Modified: 2015-10-26 14:30 UTC
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Description Elad Alfassa 2014-09-04 13:24:33 UTC
Adding a url scheme handler to gnome-software means websites could have software://some-app.desktop links that would open the gnome-software page for that app, allowing users to install it if they wish.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2015-08-08 16:40:09 UTC
Seems questionable to both me and Rafal - we have no idea what OS the user is coming from and if it will be able to understand this non-standard scheme. Or even if it understands it, it may still fail because the app is not present in the repositories, or a million of other possible error conditions.
Comment 2 Kalev Lember 2015-10-24 09:08:22 UTC
KDE just added support for appstream:some-app.desktop links: http://www.proli.net/2015/10/16/appstream-offers-a-cross-distribution-identifier-for-applications/

I pushed a branch for the same thing in gnome-software, does it look good to you Elad?

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/log/?h=wip/kalev/x-scheme-handler/appstream