[Bug 1859811] New: The appdata guidance is out of date

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1859811 Bug ID: 1859811 Summary: The appdata guidance is out of date Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Status: NEW Component: packager-guide Assignee: pbokoc(a)redhat.com Reporter: t0dd(a)protonmail.com QA Contact: docs-qa(a)lists.fedoraproject.org CC: pkovar(a)redhat.com Target Milestone: --- Classification: Fedora 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 The problem is that the "Packaging Guidelines for AppData Files" is out of date and wrong.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 the problems (just a few, it needs a revamp) - .metainfo.xml files are now preferred and .appdata.xml is deprecated - example .xml file has wrong component type and id """ <component type="desktop"> <id>comical.desktop</id> """ ...that should be... """ <component type="desktop-application"> <id>comical</id> """ ...better yet, 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 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug.