Hello Matthias, or anyone else affected, Accepted appstream-glib into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream- glib/0.5.13-1ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: appstream-glib (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to appstream-glib in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576780 Title: Needs to implement the full DEP-11 icon spec for compatibility with 3rd-party repos Status in appstream-glib package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in appstream-glib source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] * The AppStream YAML spec describes a way to include width/height properties in cached-icon metadata, which isn't forward-compatible to the old spec. * asglib doesn't implement the full spec in the release present in Xenial, so it ignores cached icons with size info, as well as it doesn't support several features present in the spec, e.g. the remote icon type. * This leads to AppStream components from 3rd-party repos/PPAs not showing up in GNOME Software, since asglib is unable to find icons if they use a more recent version of the spec. * The attched patch fixes this. [Test Case 1] * Close all instances of GNOME Software (also the background daemon!) * Launch GNOME Software again: All apps should be present, you should notice no change. [Test Case 2] * Close all instances of GNOME Software (also the background daemon!) * Get new-style metadata, e.g. from Elementary or Debian[1], or simply add the SIL repo which is shipping that metadata now: http://packages.sil.org/ (that would be the easiest way to test) * Launch GNOME Software again: All apps should be present, including the 3rd-party ones (search for "FieldWorks"). [1]: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/dep11/ [Regression Potential] * This is adding a missing feature, restoring compatibility with 3rd- party repos. The existing data should be parsed as before, so I don't see much regression potential ("Test Case 1" needs to work) [Other Info] * This fix has been applied upstream: https://github.com/hughsie/appstream-glib/commit/628e3cfb1c62c3177d6decd86102217f2546e0a2 * The fix is also present in Debian. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream-glib/+bug/1576780/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
