AppStream 1.0.2 released!
Matthias Klumpp
matthias at tenstral.net
Sat Feb 24 21:39:12 UTC 2024
Hi!
The first AppStream release of this year, mainly comprised of bugfixes
and validator enhancements - a lot of smaller changes that make this
release fairly sizable.
Tarballs available here:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/releases/
Best,
Matthias
Version 1.0.2
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Released: 2024-02-24
Features:
* qt: Allow building for multiple Qt major versions at once
* Improve low-quality category check and extend its blacklist
* validator: Add some limited developer-ID validation
* validator: Emit an overridable warning if homepage URL was omitted
* compose: Allow rendering vector graphics to HiDPI bitmaps unconditionally
* compose: Allow setting a custom icon-policy on the command-line
Specification:
* docs: Mention that <summary/> tag can be translated
* docs: Generate validation issue tag documentation from code
* docs: Add information on how to exclude elements from translation
* spec: Recommend using rDNS strings or Fediverse handles as developer-ID
* spec: Make launchable requirement for desktop-apps more strict
Bugfixes:
* qt: Component::customValue should be const
* validator: Remove mention of shorthands from
relation-display-length-value-invalid
* sysinfo: Swap arguments of g_pattern_match_simple
* qt: Add missing screenshot sorting function
* qt: pool: Add missing Q_EMIT keyword
* validator: Improve error message if no valid categories were found
* validator: Make some length limitations more strict
* validator: Only emit developer-name-tag-deprecated once
* validator: Ensure filename is properly included in location info again
* validator: Improve error reporting on images with missing/bad locales
* compose: Don't accidentally set icon scale to 0 in some cases
* compose: Add heuristics to show out-of-scope errors if filters were set
* Don't prematurely abort URL validity check during semi-large redirects
* docs: Update supported hashsums to reflect reality
* docs: Describe version comparison letters special case
* docs: Clarify release descriptions *must not* contain embedded URL
* docs: Explicitly mention /var/cache/swcatalog is a valid catalog
data location
* tests: Fix tests with old & new FontConfig
* its: Allow untranslatable developer/name and agreement sections
Miscellaneous:
* compose: Clarify that "no valid category" can mean bad ones were ignored
* news-convert: Don't strip out the last text in brackets
Contributors:
Aleix Pol, Alexander Wilms, Fabio, Kolja, Matthias Klumpp, Patrick, ratijas
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