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AppStream upstream metadata is missing #344
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Short description of the issue/suggestion:
When the Drifty application is packaged using JavaPackager Maven plugin via GitHub Action, it shows the below error 👇
WARNING: AppStream upstream metadata is missing, please consider creating itHow can I fix it?
Do you have outputs, screenshots, demos or samples which demonstrate the problem or enhancement?
You can check the GitHub Action output to see the error.
Please tell us about your environment:
- JavaPackager version: 1.7.2
- OS version: ubuntu-22.04 (Ubuntu-latest for GitHub Action)
- JDK version: 20.0.1
- Build tool:
- Maven
- Gradle
Other Information
You can check the pom.xml file to see if any changes needs to be made in that.
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SaptarshiSarkar12 commentedon Jul 1, 2023
@fvarrui Please look into the issue.
fvarrui commentedon Jul 4, 2023
Hi @SaptarshiSarkar12!
I fear you can fix it ... unless you code a patch for JavaPackager and make a PR.
I'll take a look into it ASAP.
Anyway, it's showing a warning message, not an error. Have you tried to run the generated AppImage?
SaptarshiSarkar12 commentedon Jul 5, 2023
@fvarrui Yes, the AppImage runs pretty well.
SaptarshiSarkar12 commentedon Jul 5, 2023
Thank you for giving your valuable time to resolve the issue!
SaptarshiSarkar12 commentedon Jul 11, 2023
@fvarrui Please check this docs of freedesktop about metadata file.
It says to create a
app_name.metadata.xmlfile in/usr/share/metainfo/directory before building the AppImage. I think this file can be auto-created by JavaPackager before initiating the building of AppImages. So, it might be a good feature we should bring in this project.@fvarrui Let me know your opinion.
fvarrui commentedon Jul 13, 2023
@SaptarshiSarkar12 Ok, I've just check this example and it seems that all required data is available in JP. As it's related to issue-345, and there's already a branch for this issue, changes will be made in this branch.
SaptarshiSarkar12 commentedon Jul 13, 2023
Ok @fvarrui, that's great!
No, there is some problems regarding DEB and might be RPM also. The problem is that the description shown by Software Install application in ubuntu (when trying to install DEB package) is not as what is provided to JavaPackager. Below are the required relevant screenshots and links :
Link to pom.xml :
https://github.com/SaptarshiSarkar12/Drifty/blob/master/pom.xmlfvarrui commentedon Jul 13, 2023
So, do you mean that metadata file has also to be provided by DEB and RPM packages?
SaptarshiSarkar12 commentedon Jul 13, 2023
Yeah @fvarrui, it might help. Also, the application icon is not present when opening DEB (might be the same case with RPM) through Software Install application in Ubuntu 23.04.