[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 --- firefox (76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium * New upstream stable release (76.0+build2) * Replace hardcoded occurrence of "firefox" with $(MOZ_PKG_NAME) - debian/build/rules.mk *

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 --- firefox (76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1) eoan; urgency=medium * New upstream stable release (76.0+build2) * Fix the extraction of langpack names on xenial - debian/build/xpi-id.py -- Olivier Tilloy

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 --- firefox (76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium * New upstream stable release (76.0+build2) -- Olivier Tilloy Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:50:34 +0200 -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu4 --- thunderbird (1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu4) groovy; urgency=medium * Do not install an xpm icon - debian/rules -- Olivier Tilloy Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:20:23 +0200 ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/thunderbird/thunderbird.xenial ** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/thunderbird/thunderbird.bionic ** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/thunderbird/thunderbird.eoan ** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/thunderbird/thunderbird.focal -- You received this bug

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

Fixed with https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/thunderbird/thunderbird.groovy/revision/531. ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

** Branch linked: lp:thunderbird -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639863 Title: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata To manage

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.eoan ** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.bionic ** Branch linked: lp:~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report.

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

Fixed with https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.focal/revision/1375. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report.

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

** Branch linked: lp:firefox -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639863 Title: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata To manage

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Olivier Tilloy (osomon) ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

slightly related: bug #1871723 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639863 Title: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata To manage

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

The appstream-generator (https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator) uses the 'md5sums' file present in .deb archives to retrieve the list of contents, and this file doesn't contain information for symlinks - that's why the icon can't be found. It does that for speed, since reading the contents

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

Unassigning and resetting the status as this doesn't appear to have been worked on. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: FanJun Kong - ( BH1SCW ) (fjkong) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Assignee: FanJun Kong - ( BH1SCW ) (fjkong) => (unassigned) ** Changed

[Bug 1639863] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird don't appear in the (new) appstream metadata

I'm not familiar with the generator code (I don't even know where it lives to be honest). How hard would it be to make it understand symlinks? (I'm not opposed to implementing Laney's suggestion though, I just want to get a better understanding of the problem). -- You received this bug