Create meta-data file for scribus scripts

[Exirel]

I open this issue only to track ideas and changes to create a meta-data file for scripts into a scribus's script repository.

The basic meta-data should be:

• script name
• licence
• author name
• script version
• scribus version number (compatibility)
• script summary
• script url

May be some optional meta-data could be useful:

• script long description (or may be see README.md in the same package/folder?)
• script site/doc URL
• script source URL
• author email
• categories (tag for search purpose)
• status (dev, stable, etc.)
• other files/data (such as readme, or else)

As I suppose one can provide a script requiring dependencies, listing such dependencies could be useful too.

[aoloe]

i want to add a demo meta-data file to the grid script...

since it's a hand written file, i would go for a yaml file... but json being overall more popular it might also be an option...

any further hints/ideas?

[aoloe]

the meta-data file should list all the files of the script.

if no files list is given, a file with the same name as the directory (+.py) and the README.md are automatically used.

[aoloe]

I've put a a specification proposal in the script-download's README file

[JLuc]

Should there not be an optional entry for script version ?

Script versioning raises another issue : how should various versions of the same script be dealt with ?

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