Differential D1844 Diff 4391 plasma-desktop.metainfo.xml

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1​<?xml version="1.0" ?>
2​<component>
3​ <id>kde-plasma-desktop</id>
makUnsubmitted
Done

This should ideally be a reverse-domain-name, to fit the general style of AppStream unique IDs.
So something like "org.kde.plasmashell" or "org.kde.plasma-desktop".
See https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html#tag-id-generic

mak: This should ideally be a reverse-domain-name, to fit the general style of AppStream unique IDs.
makUnsubmitted
Done

oh, and if this is changed, renaming the metainfo file is a useful thing to do (-> "org.kde.plasmashell.metainfo.xml")

mak: oh, and if this is changed, renaming the metainfo file is a useful thing to do (-> "org.kde.
4​ <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
5​ <name>KDE Plasma Desktop</name>
6​ <summary>KDE's complete desktop experience. Simple by default, powerful when needed.</summary>
7​ <url type="homepage">https://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmadesktop/</url>
8​ <url type="bugtracker">https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&amp;product=plasmashell</url>
9​ <project_group>KDE</project_group>
10​ <provides>
11​ <binary>plasma-desktop</binary>
bshahUnsubmitted
Done

This is wrong, no? there is no plasma-desktop binary anymore? or you mean package name?

bshah: This is wrong, no? there is no plasma-desktop binary anymore? or you mean package name?
makUnsubmitted
Done

Jup, the binary name would be plasmashell. But you could omit this data block entirely, unless you want people to be able to search for the AppStream component when they know the binary name.

mak: Jup, the binary name would be plasmashell. But you could omit this data block entirely, unless…
12​ </provides>
13​</component>
makUnsubmitted
Not Done

FWIW, you can omit width and height here - the AppStream generators won't trust that information in metainfo files anyway and just fetch the screenshot and update the data accordingly.
Also, the caption should probably be a bit more descriptive, e.g. "The Plasma desktop with a notes and clock widget."

mak: FWIW, you can omit width and height here - the AppStream generators won't trust that…