'Creates and return a TreeStore where the basic information about
the plugins: the plugin ID, name, intended version of the tool
and plugin version'

def createPluginInfo(self):

    plugin_info = Gtk.TreeStore(str, str, str)
    for (key, plugin_dic) in fplugin_utils.get_available_plugins().items():
        plugin_info.append(None, [key, plugin_dic['description'], plugin_dic['prettyname']])
    sorted_plugin_info = Gtk.TreeModelSort(model=plugin_info)
    sorted_plugin_info.set_sort_column_id(2, Gtk.SortType.ASCENDING)
    return sorted_plugin_info
