Hi all, For over a year I've been asking application authors upstream to add support for the OARS content rating scheme for any apps that are tagged as games. This means we can show some advisory text (note: no apps are ever hidden) in the details panel on each game we show in the software center. This helps parents to make a decision on what applications are suitable to install for their children. It also allows distros to choose what applications are going to be featured depending on the locale they are aimed for. Different countries have different cultural sensitivities and we want to use this information to better suggest applications in the software center. I've asked a lot of upstream authors to add this information, and the response has been generally positive. I am aware, however, that quite a few games are no longer "active" upstream and thus the AppData file is shipped downstream in Fedora. This is where I need some help. Adding the content rating is really simple. Simply visit https://odrs.gnome.org/oars and answer the 21 multiple choice questions, then paste the generated XML into the downstream AppData file. The next time we regenerate the AppStream metadata your app will have an age rating that depend on your current locale and country. If you ship your application as a flatpak the metadata update is pretty much instant. The following packages have a content rating already, which is awesome! * 0ad * abe * atomix * btbuilder * five-or-more * four-in-a-row * gbrainy * gnome-2048 * gnome-klotski * gnome-mines * gnome-robots * gnome-taquin * hexalate * hitori * iagno * lightsoff * lugaru * simsu * swell-foop * tanglet However, there is a long list of packages that don't: * aisleriot * alienarena * amoebax * apx * arcem * armacycles-ad * asc * astromenace * atanks * ballbuster * ballerburg * ballz * barrage * BasiliskII * berusky * berusky2 * billiards * biloba * blinken * blobby * blobwars * BlockOutII * bolzplatz2006 * boswars * btanks * bzflag * CardManager * cave9 * ccgo * cdogs-sdl * chocolate-doom * chromium-bsu * clanbomber * colossus * crawl-tiles * CriticalMass * crossfire-client * darkplaces-quake * dolphin-emu * edgar * endless-sky * enigma * extremetuxracer * fbg2 * fbzx * fillets-ng * findthatword * flare * flaw * FlightGear * flyingsaucersattack * freeciv * freeciv * freecol * freedoom * freedoom2 * freedoom-freedm * freedroidrpg * freeorion * frozen-bubble * funguloids * garden * glaxium * glob2 * gnome-chess * gnome-mahjongg * gnome-nibbles * gnome-sudoku * gnome-tetravex * gogui * granatier * gweled * hatari * haxima * hedgewars * hex-a-hop * hexglass * iapetal * kajongg * kanagram * kapman * katomic * kblackbox * kblocks * kgoldrunner * khangman * knapsen * KoboDeluxe * kollision * kshisen * ksudoku * kubrick * lbrickbuster2 * lincity-ng * lordsawar * Maelstrom * manaplus * marsshooter * megaglest-data * methane * minetest * mirrormagic * mj * mrrescue * naev * netpanzer * neverball-neverball * neverball-neverputt * nogravity * office-runner * openalchemist * openarena * opencity * openclonk * openlierox * openmsx-catapult * openmw * openttd * orthorobot * overgod * pairs * peg-solitaire * picmi * pioneer * pioneers * plee-the-bear * pychess * quadrapassel * quake3-demo * rafkill * redeclipse * Ri-li * rocksndiamonds * rott-shareware * scorched3d * scorchwentbonkers * scummvm * SheepShaver * shippy-common * slingshot * springlobby * steam * sudoku-savant * supertux * supertuxkart * tali * teeworlds * torcs * trackballs * tremulous * tuxanci * tuxtype2 * uqm * urbanterror * valyriatear * vavoom-doom-shareware * vavoom-engine * vavoom-heretic-shareware * vavoom-hexen-demo * vavoom-strife-demo * vice-x64 * warmux * warsow * warzone2100 * wesnoth-data * wolf4sdl-shareware * wolf4sdl-spear-demo * wordwarvi * worldofpadman * xarchon * xmoto * xonotic * xpilot-ng * xscorch * zaz I'm not sure filing bugs against these packages is going to be super popular, but I'm wondering if adding the requirement of content_rating to the package guidelines might be a good first step? Comments welcome. Thanks! Richard. _______________________________________________ Fedora Games SIG mailing list -- games@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to games-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
