[manjaro-packages] [Fwd: Re: archlinux-appstream-data package]

Stefano Capitani stefano at manjaro.org
Fri Mar 10 19:04:39 CET 2017


So you have created a local mirror for unstable repo then you have 
create the list ?

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Greetings
Stefano Capitani

Il 2017-03-10 15:06 FH ha scritto:
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: FH <fh at uex.dk>
> To: Stefano Capitani <stefano at manjaro.org>
> Subject: Re: [manjaro-packages] archlinux-appstream-data package
> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:52:54 +0100
> 
> On Fri, 2017-03-10 at 12:41 +0100, Stefano Capitani wrote:
>> Uhmm . Is need generated a db for app ?
> 
> The ximion repo is where the original development happens.
> 
> The package I used is appstream-glib from archlinux.org which seems to 
> originate here
> https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/
> 
> If I look inside a package - eg gnome-photos-{someversion}.pkg.tar.xz
> 
> Under /usr/share/appdata I find a org.gnome.Photos.appdata.xml
> Under /usr/share/applications I find a org.gnome.Phots.desktop
> 
> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html
> 
> The appstream-builder reads the packages and extract the info from
> the xml and desktop file. I also extracts icons from the apps icon
> folder.
> 
> So for an app to be correctly registered as available
> 
> This info is used to generate the sample files I generated for the
> manjaro
> unstable repo. You can find them at this location
> https://www.uex.dk/repos/appstream/manjaro/unstable
> 
> The appstream-builder which is in manjaro-community repo seems to have
> an 
> interface for alpm or asb
> 
> The script I used on the unstable repo is available on this location
> https://www.uex.dk/repos/appstream/manjaro/mrjo-appstream-unstable.sh
> 
> Regards .
> 
> Frede H.
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