Description of problem: If you go looking for guidance for how to package RPMs, there is really no better guide than what Fedora produces. It is therefore that much more important that Fedora keeps up with Freedesktop.org standards. The problem is that the "Packaging Guidelines for AppData Files" is out of date and wrong. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/AppData/ As of July 23, 2020 Actual results: Let's just tick off a few of the problems (it needs a revamp) - .metainfo.xml files are now preferred and .appdata.xml is deprecated - example .xml file has wrong component type and id - the launchable tag in the desktop application example is missing """ <component type="desktop"> <id>comical.desktop</id> """ ...that should be... """ <component type="desktop-application"> <id>com.example.Comical</id> """ It's also missing the launchable tag """ <launchable type="desktop-id">com.example.Comical.desktop</lauchable> """ Expected results: See above. Additional info: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html
Apparently, gnome-software requires a .desktop in the <id> field. This is a gnome-software ... bug? I think?
(In reply to Todd Warner from comment #1) > Apparently, gnome-software requires a .desktop in the <id> field. This is a > gnome-software ... bug? I think? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860130
This guide has been retired, therefore I'm closing this bug. If you would like to report Fedora docs bugs in the future, please use the "bug" icon on the top right of the affected page, it will take you directly to the appropriate issue tracker.