Use .appdata xml file to give filters to users

[Jibec]

Hi there,

Could you use the work done with appdata files to make available filters in bodhi ?

Use case :

• I'm no developper and I would like to filter games packages so I can help testing
• I'm often using Perl for my scripts and I would like to filter packages so I can help testing

Data source already builded :

• you may use Richards Hughes' works that gather every .desktop and .appdata to make quality matrix : https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/screenshots/f23/.
  ** one big xml file exist : fedora-23.xml.gz
  ** It also exist for fedora-22 : https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/screenshots/f22/

Data source from scratch :

• again Richards Hughes' work, an appstream lib that produce the result above https://github.com/hughsie/appstream-glib

It can also be use to give a little more information about packages, but this is more look-and-feel work.

Thanks for your help,

[lmacken]

I think this could be a very interesting feature.