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@bochecha bochecha commented Jan 8, 2020

This will make Play it Slowly shine in software centers. 🌟

The Open Age Ratings Service allows free and commercial software to
generate the OARS XML required for the AppData file. OARS relies on
honest answers from upstream projects and is purely informational.

Adding this to the appdata allows software centers (e.g GNOME Software,
KDE Discover, …) to provide filters for users, for example to implement
parental control.
It used to be that app ids were expected to contain the ".desktop" file
extension.

These days, we prefer not including it in the id, but adding the
"launchable" tag to link the app to its desktop launcher.
Software centers like GNOME Software allow users to write app reviews.

PlayItSlowly had such reviews associated with its old app id:

https://odrs.gnome.org/1.0/reviews/api/app/playitslowly.desktop

Unfortunately, they are invisible with the new app id.

This commit will let software centers know they should "merge" the
reviews, so that the ones linked to the old app id are visible with the
new app id.
This allows software centers like GNOME Software or KDE Discover to
display what's new when users update the app.

In addition, it also lets them display the version to the users.
bochecha added a commit to flathub/ch.x29a.playitslowly that referenced this pull request Jan 8, 2020
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jwagner commented Jul 4, 2021

Hi @bochecha ,

I do not work on playitslowly anymore. I'm rusty in python, very rusty in gstreamer/gtk so I'd rather put my efforts in my javascript based TimeStretch Player. It's very likely that there won't be any more releases of play it slowly (at least from my side).

If you are interested in adopting the project we could discuss a handover though. Let me know what you think.

All the best,
Jonas

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bochecha commented Jul 8, 2021 via email

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jwagner commented Jul 11, 2021

Hi @bochecha,

Thank your for your reply. It sounds like you are going through a really hard time.
I wish you all the best on your path to recovery. If you can, try not to forget about the
joy hacking on things can bring, especially when you are down.

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