Oh my.... this is a really long thread... GNOME Software Center can show/hide any applications they want, they can even just choose to hide all KDE/Qt apps just for the sake of not liking them. AppData and AppStream have to some extend little to do with GNOME Software Center on our land, most KDE users won't be using it to install stuff, so what we can try to control is Apper and Muon. For the record Apper will be supporting AppData and AppStream, but by default I'll choose to do what Ubuntu Software Center does which is hide packages that aren't listed as applications, with a tip that the search matched packages too. This is what I believe to be the best option since I don't like the idea of opening a terminal to install devel libs even if the developer is supposed to be a bit smarter... Apper already supports AppStream but it's clearly not in a nice fashion, as soon as I port it to Qt5/QML it will be comparable to a real Software Center. That being said I think something to worry is that we need to change something or not, the sooner we spot a weak point the better since changin specs we all know it's a mess! Also if KDE people decide not to support AppData and AppStream it is just sad as Apper will end up listing only GNOME apps as applications... Best, -- Daniel Nicoletti KDE Developer - http://dantti.wordpress.com