appstreamcli compose broken

[Daniel Kasak]

Thanks yet again Mattias. I'm edging closer to the goal post, I believe.
Now there is a missing category:

Running appstreamcli compose
FB: Running: appstreamcli compose --prefix=/
--origin=biz.smartassociates.sdf
--result-root=/mnt/array0/work/Smart/Smart_Framework/flatpak/.flatpak-builder/rofiles/rofiles-NeUyJn/files
--data-dir=/mnt/array0/work/Smart/Smart_Framework/flatpak/.flatpak-builder/rofiles/rofiles-NeUyJn/files/share/app-info/xmls
--icons-dir=/mnt/array0/work/Smart/Smart_Framework/flatpak/.flatpak-builder/rofiles/rofiles-NeUyJn/files/share/app-info/icons/flatpak
'--components=biz.smartassociates.sdf,biz.smartassociates.sdf.desktop'
/mnt/array0/work/Smart/Smart_Framework/flatpak/.flatpak-builder/rofiles/rofiles-NeUyJn/files
Only accepting components: biz.smartassociates.sdf,
biz.smartassociates.sdf.desktop
Processing directory:
/mnt/array0/work/Smart/Smart_Framework/flatpak/.flatpak-builder/rofiles/rofiles-NeUyJn/files
Composing metadata...
Run failed, some data was ignored.
Errors were raised during this compose run:
general
  E: filters-but-no-output

biz.smartassociates.sdf
  E: no-valid-category

What category tag, and what valid options?

I should point out that I've tried searching for docs on these things
before reaching out. I've also entered some other apps, looking for hints
as to how they do things. For example, I tried entering the "pulse effects"
app ( flatpak run --command=bash com.github.wwmm.pulseeffects ) and
searching its /app/share/appdata/com.github.wwmm.pulseeffects.appdata.xml
... but there is no "category" example here to be found.

Dan

On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 6:46 PM Matthias Klumpp <matthias at tenstral.net>
wrote:

> Am Do., 21. Dez. 2023 um 08:39 Uhr schrieb Daniel Kasak
> <d.j.kasak.dk at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi Mattias.
> >
> > Thanks again for the response :) I tried tweaking a few things, based on
> your email, but I'm still seeing the same error unfortunately.
> > [...]
> > Icon=biz.smartassociates.sdf.png
>
> This all looks good, I am a bit surprised! But judging by the log,
> there is one more thing that this could be: The AppStream spec
> mandates a 64x64px icon, and it will render it from SVG images, but it
> will *not* upscale a smaller icon by default.
> So, if you provide bitmap icons and there isn't a suitable one, you
> will also get this error (the full report's explanation message
> actually mentions that).
> If you really don't have a 64x64 icon provided, please add one and try
> again! That might fix it :-)
>
> Cheers,
>     Matthias
>
> --
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>
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