[AppStream] AppStream Generator 0.6.2 released!

Matthias Klumpp matthias at tenstral.net
Tue Jan 24 22:03:07 UTC 2017


Version 0.6.2
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Released: 2017-01-24

Notes:
 * GDC 6.x can't compile the project at time due to a GDC bug.
   See https://bugzilla.gdcproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251 for more
   information.
 * We recommend using LDC+Meson for building at time.

Features:
 * Support desktop-app metainfo files without .desktop file if they
have an icon set
 * Write log entry when starting/finishing icon tarball write
 * Update AppStream bindings
 * Allow to specify allowed <custom/> keys
 * Don't show pedantic validator hints
 * Allow metainfo file to specify sample texts for fonts
 * Process XPM icons if they are large enough

Bugfixes:
 * Safeguard against TLD checks  with empty-or-null string
 * Ensure desktop-apps have at least one valid category set
 * Don't override metainfo name/summary with .desktop values
 * Quit immediately if the component type is unknown
 * Correctly read a font's full-name
 * Don't needlessly reprocess fonts


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