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Legacy path: /usr/share/appdata/ deprecation

Started by grem, March 16, 2020, 06:21:11 AM

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grem

March 16, 2020, 06:21:11 AM
As stated on freedesktop.org site:
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Legacy Path
AppStream tools scan the /usr/share/appdata/ path for legacy compatibility as well. It should not be used anymore by new software though, even on older Linux distributions (like RHEL 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) the metainfo path is well supported. Support for the legacy path will likely be dropped completely with a future AppStream 1.0 release.

i.e. /usr/share/metainfo should be used instead by new software.

Therefore 'appdatadir = $(datarootdir)/appdata' in 'Makefile.am' and  in 'src/plugins/contrib/appdata/Makefile.am' should be 'appdatadir = $(datarootdir)/metainfo' instead.

oBFusCATed

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March 16, 2020, 09:18:34 AM
Patches welcome.
(most of the time I ignore long posts)
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grem

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March 16, 2020, 11:50:59 AM
Mentioned patch in attachment.
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