AppStream 1.0.5 released!

Matthias Klumpp matthias at tenstral.net
Thu Apr 24 15:38:17 UTC 2025


Hi!

Another AppStream release is out, containing mostly bugfixes and
smaller tweaks to improve the validator.

As usual, tarballs available here:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/releases/

Cheers,
    Matthias

Version 1.0.5
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Released: 2025-04-24

Features:
 * qt: Expose markup conversion utils
 * desktop-styles: Add android and iOS
 * validator: Check for xml:lang="en" being used on description
template elements
 * validator: Flag cases of raw text in "description" elements
 * metadata: Add more known extensions into as_metadata_file_guess_style()

Specification:
 * docs: Clarify that the style segment of a screenshot environment is optional
 * docs: Explain consequences of defining an icon for desktop-app metainfo
 * docs: Clarify that description content must be in p/li elements

Bugfixes:
 * validator: mark as_validator_issue_tag_list static
 * docs: Add workaround for gi-docgen misnaming devhelp files
 * compose: Do not permit SVG images as screenshots
 * compose: Don't "forget" to scan remaining paths when re-encountering a dir
 * pool: Try explicit singular term match if we only have low-quality tokens
 * utils: Provide compatibility with Fedora icon tarballs when installing them
 * utils: Remove leftover g_chmod()
 * zstd-decompressor: Pass output/written data when decompression finished
 * utils: Expect a dash in icons file name
 * utils: Recognize .yml* and .yaml* file extension variants, and .zst extension
 * utils: Rename the appstream file when re-saving it on install

Contributors:
 Alyssa Ross, Ismael Asensio, Kolja, Matthias Klumpp, Milan Crha

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