http://distributions.freedesktop.org/wi ... ementation
http://distributions.freedesktop.org/wiki/AppStream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeP2ZBw ... r_embedded
Blue-sky goals:
agree on a common UI to install applications
agree on what metadata to use, how to generate it, where to host it
agree on a protocol to use to provide non-static metadata (featured apps, ratings, comments, etc.)
decide what metadata can be shared between distros, and what should stay distro-specific (eg: do we want user comments to be shared?)
In reality, if it turns out we can't all agree on one item, it's still fine: it doesn't mean we can't collaborate on the other items. And some distros might still work together.
It's worth mentioning here that what matters to us is the end-user experience. It matters more than the technical implementation.