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<p>Greetings,<br />As I've been mentioned I permit to add my inputs. ;)<br /><br />I think the difference is more that the arch appstream database don't have all the added manjaro sofware<br />like as octopi, pamac, thunderbird-kde, firefox-kde and all other packages that is not in arch.<br /><br />I don't think manjaro remove a lot of packages coming from arch beside technical packages like as<br />kernels, graphic drivers, and all related stuff making manjaro different from arch. and I don't think those<br />packages are in the apprstream database,.<br /><br />regarding to maintain a manajaro-appstream-data package. it would be great. but it have maybe some cons:<br />I don't know exactly how works upstream but as I understand it:<br /> - it takes some info from the repository database (not all packages)<br />- it takes other info from an other database or xml files, or I don't know how (category, icons, more detailed descriptions?, others?)<br />- Does the description support localization? if yes it's more work.<br /><br />to have a manjaro-appstream-data packages mean that this package should not have the same name as the arch one. then all the packages<br />that depend on it (gnome software, discover) need to be modified and maintained by manjaro too, or that the new package should define "archlinux-appstream-data" as provide.<br />is it the right way? or maybe asking archlinux to rename their package with a more generic name or something like this?:<br /><br />that was my inputs.<br /><br />best regards.<br /><br />scachemaille</p>
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<p>On 10.03.2017 08:49, Frede H. wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Greetings .<br /> <br /> This post <a href="https://forum.manjaro.org/t/a-gui-app-shop-for-manjaro/19129">https://forum.manjaro.org/t/a-gui-app-shop-for-manjaro/19129</a><br /> made me have a look at the possibilities.<br /> <br /> It led me gnome-software and I found that installing that installed a<br /> archlinux-appstream-data package.<br /> <br /> However in the post @scachemaille mentioned a possible difference<br /> between arch packages and manjaro packages.<br /> <br /> Does such a difference exist?<br /> <br /> Not knowing if a difference exist I started researching and found that<br /> the tool appstream-builder is quite capable of making these package<br /> lists.<br /> <br /> When ran against a mirror repo it scans the packages and builds the<br /> appstream-data necessarry for gnome-software.<br /> <br /> I do run a mirror (uex.dk) so I have been testing on these data. I<br /> think it is possible to create and maintain a similar package for<br /> manjaro.<br /> <br /> If such a package is feasible and there is a difference between<br /> generally available apps for arch vs manjaro I voluteer to maintain it.<br /> <br /> Regards .<br /> <br /> Frede H. <br /> @fhdk<br /> _______________________________________________<br /> manjaro-packages mailing list<br /> <a href="mailto:manjaro-packages@manjaro.org">manjaro-packages@manjaro.org</a><br /> <a href="http://lists.manjaro.org/mailman/listinfo/manjaro-packages">http://lists.manjaro.org/mailman/listinfo/manjaro-packages</a></div>
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