Changes Requested for AppCenter about gamehub HOT 5 OPEN

@tkashkin I'm discussing some sort of standardized/approved disclaimer with the team, and I might even prototype something up to make it easier to talk about and iterate on. I'll keep you updated!

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That's unfortunate, I don't really know how could these issues be addressed. Game installation is the main feature of this app, and without it app would be completely pointless.

Technically, in case of Steam, app itself does not install any third-party software, but opens Steam instead and Steam handles downloading and installation.

But in case of GOG there's still no graphical client for GNU/Linux-based systems yet and I don't really want to remove GOG integration.

@cassidyjames, isn't there some workaround possible? Maybe something like "EULA" dialog on first run, which will tell user that this app is not affiliated with elementary and AppCenter in any way?

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While installation may be the main feature, I don't think it's pointless without it, but obviously a build-time config option to disable that would be a bit complicated.

I've personally just installed about 6 linux game managers I found and GameHub is unique. Through its use of https://www.igdb.com/ it is able to merge different sources into a single entry. It allows the management of custom tags for filters making it more of a library manager rather like calibre rather than just a package manager.

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@cassidyjames

Are there any implemented or planned changes of the guidelines that could allow for GameHub to be distributed through AppCenter?

Is your position on the problematic functionality being locked behind a (possibly hidden from UI) setting still the same as it was in the past?

If a game in GOG or Steam was malicious and stole private user information

Would a fully sandboxed flatpak help to address this point?
There was a plan to move AppCenter apps to flatpak, not sure if it's planned for elementary OS 6.

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@tkashkin as of right now, nothing has changed regarding policy in AppCenter. We do still plan to use Flatpak for apps in elementary OS, but it's less clear what that timeline is right now—COVID-19 has significantly delayed our plans here as we had planned to have multiple in-person sprints to plan and implement the work. Right now we're focused on getting the public beta of OS 6 released, and then will focus in on the Flatpak plans.

I believe a fully sandboxed Flatpak would alleviate the concerns, so long as the third-party games were being installed inside the Flatpak container (and not to the host system). However, I have no idea how feasible that is technically.

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