Improve Jami's description in AppStream metadata

Hi,

the current AppStream description is weak and does not clearly describe Jami.

0001-Improve-AppStream-description.patch is a patch to improve Jami's AppStream description to give users a better idea of the package and list Jami's key features.

Cheers, Bruno

"add-buzzwords-to-appdata.patch" lul

Anyway, @Fuddl1 can you submit the patch to https://review.jami.net instead? This will keep your name as a comitter directly?

I don't mind to just copy the patch, but still better to pass through https://review.jami.net (https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-project/wikis/tutorials/Working-with-gerrit also)

Oops, that one still had the word 'buzzwords' in it. Note to self: Don't submit patches when tired :)

0001-Improve-AppStream-description.patch is the correct one.

I looked at Gerrit and noticed it's not as simple as pressing a submit button. May I kindly ask you to do submit it there?

it's just "git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master" if your remote is "ssh://youraccount@review.jami.net:29420/ring-client-gnome" but yeah I'll

Just before publishing, we can do the review there.

Imho this is unnecessary: It provides similar functionality like Skype, WhatsApp, Telegram,

•  BigBlueButton, Jitsi Meet, etc. do.

I tried to put myself in less experienced users' shoes: I've observed technically less experienced people who refer to arbitrary video call or conference solutions as, e.g., "Skype". So the idea is, if people know what Skype (or WhatsApp, etc.) does, then let's explain to them what Jami can provide with words they know.

cc @gheller ^

Hi and sorry for the delay, never got an answer from guillaume, so to be faster I sent https://review.jami.net/c/ring-client-gnome/+/16855. Imho this should be sent in the following days

There has also been recent discussion/suggestions by some Debian folks at https://bugs.debian.org/979492. Further, separately, a few other folks in our #jami IRC channel on freenode have also been discussing and brainstorming about this, and collecting thoughts and some anonymized chat logs in an etherpad at https://yopad.eu/p/Jami_Slogan.

We should review and consider all of these suggestions before making a decision.

The Debian folks who filed the bug is me :) The phrasing in both patches I submitted here and in the Debian bug tracker are almost the same.

With respect to the compiled IRC discussions @abandali shared, it seems there is no common understanding of the target audience, i.e., nerds or casual users, and so on. I'd recommend to focus on less experienced and casual users, because the technical skilled ones and nerds either know Jami already or will find it without any help. I'm aware my patch isn't perfect, no doubt about that.

However, I suggest to proceed step by step instead of trying to find a perfect solution.

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Hi Bruno,

Thanks for your comments and suggestions :-). I merged them with some small tweaks. I definitely agree that we should take this one step at a time rather than aiming to land at a perfect solution at once.

I'll likely close this issue but please feel free to open new ones and/or send patches for further improvements directly to our Gerrit at https://review.jami.net.

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