Add an AppData file for the software center

transmission.spec

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           transmission
 Version:        2.84
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        A lightweight GTK+ BitTorrent client
 
 Group:          Applications/Internet
@@ -125,6 +125,50 @@ desktop-file-install \
                 --dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/  \
                   qt/%{name}-qt.desktop
 
+# Register as an application to be visible in the software center
+#
+# NOTE: It would be *awesome* if this file was maintained by the upstream
+# project, translated and installed into the right place during `make install`.
+#
+# See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/ for more details.
+#
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata
+cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/appdata/transmission-gtk.appdata.xml <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> -->
+<!--
+BugReportURL: https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16443
+SentUpstream: 2014-09-18
+-->
+<application>
+  <id type="desktop">transmission-gtk.desktop</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol that is commonly used to
+      distribute large amounts of data between multiple users.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Transmission is a BitTorrent client with an easy-to-use frontend on top a
+      cross-platform backend.
+      Native frontends are available for OS X and Windows, as well as command line and
+      web frontends.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Notable features of Transmission include Local Peer Discovery and Full Encryption,
+      Full encryption, DHTµTP, PEX and Magnet Link support.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="homepage">http://www.transmissionbt.com/</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hughsie/fedora-appstream/master/screenshots-extra/transmission-gtk/a.png</screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <!-- FIXME: change this to an upstream email address for spec updates
+  <updatecontact>someone_who_cares@upstream_project.org</updatecontact>
+   -->
+</application>
+EOF
+
 %post common
 /bin/touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 
@@ -186,6 +230,7 @@ fi
 
 %files gtk -f %{name}-gtk.lang
 %{_bindir}/transmission-gtk
+%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}-gtk.appdata.xml
 %{_datadir}/applications/transmission-gtk.desktop
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/transmission-gtk.*
 
@@ -195,6 +240,9 @@ fi
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/transmission-qt.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 26 2015 Richard Hughes <rhughes@redhat.com> - 2.84-4
+- Add an AppData file for the software center
+
 * Thu Mar 12 2015 Helio Chissini de Castro <helio@kde.org> - 2.83-3
 - Compile with Qt5 now