[MIR] appdata-tools

[Iain Lane]

GNOME packages are beginning to ship appdata files, for use by software-center type applications (gnome-software at this point). See: http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/

Software is encouraged to enable appdata validation during the build process. For this we use appdata-validate from appdata-tools.

This is used during the build only to validate a shipped xml file. It doesn't modify it, nor entail any new runtime dependencies. All depends and build-depends are in main already.

Packaging is simple and clean.

Desktop team will maintain.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

I'm fixing the tests, hopefully in Debian.

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

Yeah, looks great except for the tests being disabled (which you're working on) and the Desktop team not being subscribed to bug mail.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Okay, tests fixed and uploaded to Debian. It should auto-sync, assuming my fix works ...

Only Seb can subscribe desktop-bugs, will ask him to do that when he's back. Hopefully you can approve and trust me. :)

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Never mind, it's subscribed now. Please look again!

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

Looks great, thanks!

[Iain Lane (laney)]

It's promoted now.