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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