Merge pull request JuliaLang#8610 from palango/appdata

Add appdata file

Makefile

@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ endif
  -gtk-update-icon-cache $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/icons/hicolor/
  mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/applications/
  $(INSTALL_F) contrib/julia.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/applications/
+ # Install appdata file
+ mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/appdata/
+ $(INSTALL_F) contrib/julia.appdata.xml $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/appdata/
 
  # Update RPATH entries and JL_SYSTEM_IMAGE_PATH if $(private_libdir_rel) != $(build_private_libdir_rel)
 ifneq ($(private_libdir_rel),$(build_private_libdir_rel))

contrib/julia.appdata.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Paul Lange <[email protected]> -->
+<application>
+ <id type="desktop">julia.desktop</id>
+ <metadata_license>CC-BY-SA-3.0</metadata_license>
+ <project_license>MIT and LGPL-2.1+ and GPL-2.0+</project_license>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for
+ technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other
+ technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler,
+ distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an extensive
+ mathematical function library.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The library, largely written in Julia itself,
+ also integrates mature, best-of-breed C and Fortran libraries for linear
+ algebra, random number generation, signal processing, and string processing.
+ In addition, the Julia developer community is contributing a number of
+ external packages through Julia’s built-in package manager at a rapid pace.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <screenshots>
+ <screenshot type="default">https://julialang.org/images/julia-gnome.png</screenshot>
+ </screenshots>
+ <url type="homepage">https://julialang.org/</url>
+ <updatecontact>[email protected]</updatecontact>
+</application>