Add a metainfo description

[mt-at-mt]

Allow operating systems to annouce this software if a usbmux device is connected.

[jluebbe]

This is AppStream metadata, right?

How does AppStream find this data? Should it be packages somehow?

[mt-at-mt]

This is AppStream metadata, right?

..yes. The use-case is described also here:

https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines#Announcing_supported_hardware

How does AppStream find this data? Should it be packages somehow?

Typically it is installed to /usr/share/metainfo

Do you know how to do this with pyproject/setuptools? Or shall I look up?

[jluebbe]

I've not used AppStream before. Perhaps it's even possible to generate it from pyproject.toml, by adding the missing information there.

What would the benefit be? Would package installers suggest the available distro package (e.g. gnome-software a .deb)?

[mt-at-mt]

I've not used AppStream before. Perhaps it's even possible to generate it from pyproject.toml, by adding the missing information there.

I am not aware that this is implemented.

What would the benefit be? Would package installers suggest the available distro package (e.g. gnome-software a .deb)?

Eg. gnome-software displays the appstream data. The idea is, that the description of a software is the same across Linux and other distributions (like flatpak). In Debian there is also isenkram (https://salsa.debian.org/debian/isenkram) that can inform a user about compatible software if a specific device gets connected to the machine.