It's time to update the appdata.xml verification. I will have the code for my project pushed soon, but here is the issue I and others have spent two days trying to track down. Part of the problem is that the documentation for the appstream stuff is looking up at wretched hoping to one day be that good. The other part is that Ubuntu 18.04 works differently with this stuff than RPM based distros.
Creating .DirIcon symlink based on information from desktop file
WARNING: AppStream upstream metadata is missing, please consider creating it
in usr/share/metainfo/reddiamond.appdata.xml
Please see https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Quickstart.html#sect-Quickstart-DesktopApps
for more information or use the generator at http://output.jsbin.com/qoqukof.
The new "standard" is to have the appdata.xml named in reverse URL. I now have to have both net.projects.reddiamond.appdata.xml and reddiamond.appdata.xml with identical content inside of the .deb. Once chunk of the process wants the new "standard" name format and the other chunk does not.
AppStream upstream metadata found in usr/share/metainfo/reddiamond.appdata.xml
Trying to validate AppStream information with the appstreamcli tool
In case of issues, please refer to https://github.com/ximion/appstream
W - reddiamond.appdata.xml:net.projects.reddiamond
The metainfo filename does not match the component ID.
Validation failed: warnings: 1, pedantic: 2
run_external: subprocess exited with status 3Failed to validate AppStream information with appstreamcli
Trying to validate AppStream information with the appstreamcli tool
In case of issues, please refer to https://github.com/ximion/appstream
W - reddiamond.appdata.xml:reddiamond:5
The component ID is not a reverse domain-name. Please update the ID and that of
the accompanying .desktop file to follow the latest version of the Desktop-Entry
and AppStream specifications and avoid future issues.
Using architecture x86_64
/home/developer/.cache/deb2appimage/AppDir should be packaged as /home/developer/reddiamond-3.2.0-x86_64.AppImage
Deleting pre-existing .DirIcon
Creating .DirIcon symlink based on information from desktop file
WARNING: AppStream upstream metadata is missing, please consider creating it
in usr/share/metainfo/reddiamond.appdata.xml
Please see https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Quickstart.html#sect-Quickstart-DesktopApps
for more information or use the generator at http://output.jsbin.com/qoqukof.
Generating squashfs...
So, could this be updated to support the new "standard"?
All,
It's time to update the appdata.xml verification. I will have the code for my project pushed soon, but here is the issue I and others have spent two days trying to track down. Part of the problem is that the documentation for the appstream stuff is looking up at wretched hoping to one day be that good. The other part is that Ubuntu 18.04 works differently with this stuff than RPM based distros.
The new "standard" is to have the appdata.xml named in reverse URL. I now have to have both net.projects.reddiamond.appdata.xml and reddiamond.appdata.xml with identical content inside of the .deb. Once chunk of the process wants the new "standard" name format and the other chunk does not.
The closest one can find to valid documentation for appstream is here https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/AppData/
When using the new "standard" names
So, could this be updated to support the new "standard"?