Post 9sVCIIeJsdn3nSXzkG by hubert@social.uhoreg.ca
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 (DIR) Post #9sPxFzxRcpDyBIfXV2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2020-02-26T03:57:32Z
       
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       Is there a metadata standard for tagging software releases, so that sites like the Free Software Directory ( directory.fsf.org ) can automatically list the latest release without human maintainers having to constantly check for new releases? Could this be part of the #ForgeFed spec?
       
 (DIR) Post #9sQbN2QgpXBO2aGAr2 by ptman@social.librem.one
       2020-02-26T11:26:57Z
       
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       @strypey how does freshmeat/freecode work?
       
 (DIR) Post #9sQdM1Kdcpz2Ft4VXM by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2020-02-26T11:49:11Z
       
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       @ptman #FreeCode has been an unmaintained archive since the name change from #FreshMeat in 2014. The active replacement is #FreshCode.club, see:http://fossil.include-once.org/freshcode/wiki/AboutGood question though. That page mentions:* JSON-based database exchange feeds and defining releases.json.* Automated release updates from VCS systems and project websites.... which could be the answer to both our questions.@forgefed
       
 (DIR) Post #9sR4CbzxS4kBnsbbdY by Coffee@toot.cafe
       2020-02-26T16:50:00Z
       
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       @strypeyI don't know of any official metadata standard, but there's a convention that every git tag pushed to the $RELEASE branch, is a release. That's how #FDroid does autoupdates.
       
 (DIR) Post #9sR7riMSzyq3H1QOW0 by hubert@social.uhoreg.ca
       2020-02-26T17:30:33Z
       
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       There is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOAP though I don't think it's very common.
       
 (DIR) Post #9sUNnX2FLfLvjEsG5w by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2020-02-28T07:13:36Z
       
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       I assume the #SPDX standard includes a place to put the version number and release date for software packages, maybe this could be helpful?https://spdx.org/using-spdx-documents@ptman @Coffee @hubert
       
 (DIR) Post #9sVCIIeJsdn3nSXzkG by hubert@social.uhoreg.ca
       2020-02-28T16:39:04Z
       
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       I've never used SPDX documents, but it looks like it does have a version number, so it may be useful.  I don't see a release date from my brief skim, though.