Re: Adding an alias name to my package

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On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 12:17 PM, David Juran <david@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Would anyone know how to make a package findable under an alternative
> name in the gnome-software application?
>
> I'm maintaining the azureus package in Fedora. The upstream project
> changed name to Vuze ages ago but as name-changes are a bit of a pain
> in fedora, I've kept the original name for the package.
>
> I've added a "Provides" in the spec-file, so the package is findable by
> dnf under the new name (dnf search vuze) but additionally, I'd like the
> gnome-software application to find it when searching for Vuze. Would
> anyone know how I go about doing this?
>
> /David

Correct me if I'm wrong anyone, but you could simply deploy a Vuze
appdata XML file along with the Azureus AppData file. I believe GNOME
Software will correctly handle this and point to the same package for
this.



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