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Bug 1844488 - request for appstream-data refresh in 8.3
Summary: request for appstream-data refresh in 8.3
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: appstream-data
Version: 8.3
Hardware: x86_64
OS: All
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Richard Hughes
QA Contact: Desktop QE
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-06-05 14:15 UTC by Martin Krajnak
Modified: 2020-11-04 01:33 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: appstream-data-8-20200724.el8
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 01:31:33 UTC
Type: Bug
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only 1 category (92.37 KB, image/png)
2020-06-05 14:15 UTC, Martin Krajnak 		no flags Details
categories (129.02 KB, image/png)
2020-06-30 15:47 UTC, Martin Krajnak 		no flags Details
verbose.log (190.07 KB, text/plain)
2020-07-22 14:27 UTC, Martin Krajnak 		no flags Details
empty (206.68 KB, image/png)
2020-07-22 14:31 UTC, Martin Krajnak 		no flags Details
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4436 0 None None None 2020-11-04 01:32:04 UTC

Description Martin Krajnak 2020-06-05 14:15:02 UTC 
Created attachment 1695444 [details]
only 1 category

Description of problem:
The request is based on the conversation I had with kalev. As shown in the provided screenshot, on only manage to show 1 "special" category after the start of gnome-software and it looks empty.

Kalev also asked me to include this:
I think it needs this change for RHEL: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/appstream-data/c/cd0e3ac96827f09817ee3bae6d5f2680dc1d7bc1?branch=master

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-software-3.36.1-3.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run gnome-software

Actual results:
14:03:59:0639 Gs  hiding category graphics featured applications: found only 0 to show, need at least 9
14:03:59:0654 Gs  hiding category audio-video featured applications: found only 0 to show, need at least 9
14:04:00:0061 Gs  Only 1 apps for popular list, hiding
14:04:00:0107 GLib g_variant_get_double: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE)' failed
14:04:05:0310 Gs  hiding category audio-video featured applications: found only 0 to show, need at least 9
14:04:05:0310 Gs  hiding category graphics featured applications: found only 0 to show, need at least 9
14:04:05:0346 GLib g_variant_get_double: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE)' failed
14:04:05:0451 Gs  Only 1 apps for popular list, hiding

+ see the screenshot

Expected results:
More categories should be shown

Additional info:
Comment 3 Martin Krajnak 2020-06-30 15:47:53 UTC 
Created attachment 1699346 [details]
categories

Thanks a lot hugsie, Software looks much better with several categories. However, I can see some apps shown twice in the Recommended apps as you can see in the attached screenshot, can sometthing be done about it ? is it something on GS side rather than appstream data ?
Comment 7 Richard Hughes 2020-07-22 14:04:59 UTC 
> Did we include the patches suggested by kalev that I mentioned in the Comment 1 ?

Yes. :( Got a --verbose trace of gnome-software and we can see what's going on?
Comment 8 Martin Krajnak 2020-07-22 14:27:52 UTC 
Created attachment 1702099 [details]
verbose.log
Comment 9 Martin Krajnak 2020-07-22 14:31:18 UTC 
Created attachment 1702100 [details]
empty

Even when I add flathub it looks empty.
Comment 10 Martin Krajnak 2020-07-22 14:32:26 UTC 
this is what I see in stderr:

14:31:26:0341 Gs  Only 3 apps for popular list, hiding
14:31:27:0510 Gs  hiding category productivity featured applications: found only 5 to show, need at least 9
14:31:27:0510 Gs  hiding category graphics featured applications: found only 5 to show, need at least 9
14:31:31:0796 Gs  State change on system/package/@commandline/desktop/firefox.desktop/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0796 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/desktop/gnome-control-center.desktop/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0797 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/desktop/nm-connection-editor.desktop/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0804 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/addon/org.cockpit_project.cockpit_storaged/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0804 Gs  State change on system/package/BaseOS/webapp/org.cockpit_project.cockpit/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0805 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/addon/org.gnome.Terminal.Nautilus/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0808 Gs  State change on system/package/BaseOS/addon/org.candlepinproject.subscription_manager/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0808 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/desktop/org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0808 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/addon/org.cockpit_project.podman/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0809 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/desktop/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0810 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/desktop/org.gnome.Boxes.desktop/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:31:0810 Gs  State change on system/package/AppStream/desktop/org.gnome.FileRoller/* from updatable to installed is not OK
14:31:32:0560 Gs  hiding category productivity featured applications: found only 5 to show, need at least 9
14:31:32:0560 Gs  hiding category graphics featured applications: found only 5 to show, need at least 9
14:31:32:0560 Gs  Only 3 apps for popular list, hiding
Comment 11 Richard Hughes 2020-07-22 19:41:06 UTC 
> 14:31:27:0510 Gs  hiding category productivity featured applications: found only 5 to show, need at least 9
> 14:31:27:0510 Gs  hiding category graphics featured applications: found only 5 to show, need at least 9

Well, that's the answer, RHEL just doesn't have enough available applications available to show the categories. If you install epel do more apps show up?
Comment 12 Martin Krajnak 2020-07-23 08:34:51 UTC 
I am strugling to get epel working with software, I have added the repo, I can search packaged via cmd:

$ dnf provides lollypop
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated

This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.

Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:44 ago on Thu 23 Jul 2020 10:21:07 AM CEST.
lollypop-1.1.97.3-1.el8.noarch : Music player for GNOME
Repo        : epel
Matched from:
Provide    : lollypop = 1.1.97.3-1.el8

lollypop-1.1.97.3-1.epel8.playground.noarch : Music player for GNOME
Repo        : epel-playground
Matched from:
Provide    : lollypop = 1.1.97.3-1.epel8.playground

I did multiple restarts of app, metadata were fetched but no apps from epel are shown in gnome-software,
I noticed the following errors are populating the --verbose output:

08:26:16:0632 XbSilo ignoring invalid file /usr/share/applications/gvim.desktop:ctime=1592816810.302299:filename=/usr/share/applications/gvim.desktop: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)
08:26:16:0632 XbSilo compiling /usr/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop:ctime=1593520759.315010:filename=/usr/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop…
08:26:16:0633 XbSilo ignoring invalid file /usr/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop:ctime=1593520759.315010:filename=/usr/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)
08:26:16:0633 XbSilo compiling /usr/share/applications/gnome-background-panel.desktop:ctime=1595234860.323204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-background-panel.desktop…
08:26:16:0633 XbSilo ignoring invalid file /usr/share/applications/gnome-background-panel.desktop:ctime=1595234860.323204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-background-panel.desktop: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)
08:26:16:0633 XbSilo compiling /usr/share/applications/gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop:ctime=1595234860.324204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop…
08:26:16:0634 XbSilo ignoring invalid file /usr/share/applications/gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop:ctime=1595234860.324204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)
08:26:16:0634 XbSilo compiling /usr/share/applications/gnome-control-center.desktop:ctime=1595234860.326204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-control-center.desktop…
08:26:16:0634 XbSilo ignoring invalid file /usr/share/applications/gnome-control-center.desktop:ctime=1595234860.326204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-control-center.desktop: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)
08:26:16:0634 XbSilo compiling /usr/share/applications/gnome-datetime-panel.desktop:ctime=1595234860.327204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-datetime-panel.desktop…
08:26:16:0634 XbSilo ignoring invalid file /usr/share/applications/gnome-datetime-panel.desktop:ctime=1595234860.327204:filename=/usr/share/applications/gnome-datetime-panel.desktop: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)
08:26:16:0635 XbSilo compiling /usr/share/applications/nautilus-autorun-software.desktop:ctime=1593520722.246271:filename=/usr/share/applications/nautilus-autorun-software.desktop…
08:26:16:0635 XbSilo ignoring invalid file /usr/share/applications/nautilus-autorun-software.desktop:ctime=1593520722.246271:filename=/usr/share/applications/nautilus-autorun-software.desktop: Error on line 1 char 1: Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)


are they related ?
Comment 13 Martin Krajnak 2020-07-23 09:33:40 UTC 
I also added the rpmfusion, I can see vlc within the repo, but cannot find in Software...
I doublecheked on the other machine, I wonder how it happened I was focused more of flatpaks recently so I overlooked it.
Comment 15 Martin Krajnak 2020-07-27 13:02:40 UTC 
Richard, thanks for updating the appstream-data for epel,
the epel apps are available after adding the repo out of the box in gnome-software.

As I didn't know, the appstream data for rpm-fusion has to be installed separatelly through rpms.

rpmfusion-free-appstream-data-8-1.el8.noarch
rpmfusion-nonfree-appstream-data-8-1.el8.noarch


Regarding the problems I mentioned with categories of popular apps not being shown, (Recent Releases, Editor's Picks, etc.),
there are not enough applications marked for the mentioned categories in epel8 and appstream combined, 
therefore those sub-categories are hidden until you add e.g. flathub.
Comment 16 Martin Krajnak 2020-07-27 13:03:34 UTC 
Adding an rpm for convenience: 
appstream-data-8-20200724.el8.noarch
Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 01:31:33 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Low: gnome-software and fwupd security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4436
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