[PR #1495] [MERGED] Add freedesktop metadata #2139

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opened 2026-02-27 21:15:20 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/pull/1495
Author: @fpiesche
Created: 11/6/2024
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 11/14/2024
Merged by: @georgemoralis

Base: main ← Head: add-freedesktop-metadata

📝 Commits (1)

16423e4 Add FreeDesktop metadata

📊 Changes

8 files changed (+162 additions, -6 deletions)

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📝 .github/linux-appimage-qt.sh (+1 -1)
📝 .github/linux-appimage-sdl.sh (+1 -1)
📝 CMakeLists.txt (+4 -2)
📝 REUSE.toml (+4 -1)
📝 dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4.desktop (+1 -1)
➕ dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4.metainfo.xml (+63 -0)
➕ dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4.releases.xml (+23 -0)
➕ dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4_metadata.pot (+65 -0)

📄 Description

This adds a new dist directory intended for files specific to distributions rather than actually part of the code or executable/bundle, containing the Linux desktop launcher (which currently lives in the .github directory for some reason) as well as FreeDesktop metainfo.xml and releases.xml files. The XML files contain metadata that can be used by Linux desktop environments to display information about the package - this is, for example, used by Flathub for their web listings.

The releases.xml file currently needs updating manually. I'm working on a GitHub action that can automatically update these files when a new GitHub release is made; once I've done this and tested it I'll submit a PR with a workflow to keep this file up to date along with GitHub releases :)

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/pull/1495 **Author:** [@fpiesche](https://github.com/fpiesche) **Created:** 11/6/2024 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 11/14/2024 **Merged by:** [@georgemoralis](https://github.com/georgemoralis) **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `add-freedesktop-metadata` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`16423e4`](https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/commit/16423e4ffda03fd4fdd1afde983cc3090ae86c8b) Add FreeDesktop metadata ### 📊 Changes **8 files changed** (+162 additions, -6 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `.github/linux-appimage-qt.sh` (+1 -1) 📝 `.github/linux-appimage-sdl.sh` (+1 -1) 📝 `CMakeLists.txt` (+4 -2) 📝 `REUSE.toml` (+4 -1) 📝 `dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4.desktop` (+1 -1) ➕ `dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4.metainfo.xml` (+63 -0) ➕ `dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4.releases.xml` (+23 -0) ➕ `dist/net.shadps4.shadPS4_metadata.pot` (+65 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description This adds a new `dist` directory intended for files specific to distributions rather than actually part of the code or executable/bundle, containing the Linux desktop launcher (which currently lives in the `.github` directory for some reason) as well as FreeDesktop `metainfo.xml` and `releases.xml` files. The XML files contain metadata that can be used by Linux desktop environments to display information about the package - this is, for example, used by Flathub for their web listings. The `releases.xml` file currently needs updating manually. I'm working on a GitHub action that can automatically update these files when a new GitHub release is made; once I've done this and tested it I'll submit a PR with a workflow to keep this file up to date along with GitHub releases :) --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>