App repository

[hivewallet]

Initial ideas:

• Git-based (anyone can run a repo)
• Contains only .manifest files (homebrew-like approach) and app icon; Hive fetches actual app from sources in manifests
• App manifests are probably changed+extended a bit:

{
"name": "SatoshiDice",
"id": "satoshidice",
"type": "app", ("app", "exchange", etc -- if we end up having different types with different interfaces?)
"version": "0.1", (is this enough or should it be a timestamp? how does apple do it?)
"contact": "user@address.com",
"description": "Satoshi Dice Hive client",
"categories": "gambling", "game",
"charity": "no", (if yes, no fees -- possibly redundant? see below)
"icon": "icon.png",
"package_url": "http://github.com/satoshidice/releases/sd203433.hiveapp",
"package_md5": "953a854fc67cb358f5359741a8243c58", (is MD5 the best to use for least likely collisions?)
"currencies": "btc", "bt3", "ltc", "xrp",
"transaction_fee": "0.5" (always BTC, never mBTC etc)
"transaction_fee_address": "1NS17iag9jJgTHD1VXjvLCEnZuQ3rJEDGL", (address where transaction fees will go, this overwrites app repository payment address for this app, if allowed by the repo manifest)
"tor": "yes" (yes/no),
}

• And repository manifests are introduced:

{
"name": "Hive Official",
"description": "The official Hive repository",
"icon": "icon.png",
"repo_url": "http://github.com/grabhive/app_repo.git",
"transaction_fee": "0.5" (always BTC, never mBTC etc)
"transaction_fee_address": "1NS17iag9jJgTHD1VXjvLCEnZuQ3rJEDGL", (if listed here and NOT in a given app manifest, this is default)
"allow_transaction_fee_overwrite": "no", (allow apps to set their own transaction fees/t.f. payout addresses)
"no_fees_for_charity": "true", (if false, then charity: "yes" in app manifest has no effect)
"tor": "yes" (not sure why a repo would mind if we used tor or not, but this flag at least will let clients know)
"order_customization": "customized.order" (some file that allows defining things like highlighted apps, priority-listed apps, etc -- need scoping out)
}

cc @bazyli @jsuder @darekw

[weilu]

First versions of App Registry and App Store are built. Currently it does not require any changes to the manifest.json file. The only dependency is git.

I'm planning on closing this ticket as soon as the App Store app is bundled with the next release of hive-osx. Future app store/registry related issues other than installApp API should be filed under the two repos respectively.

[weilu]

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