AppData questions

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 19:43:25 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:

> > What is the recommended procedure to test new .appdata.xml files?
> 
> Install them to /usr/share/appdata/ -- i've not tested this with
> Fedora 20, but I know it works if you're using the rawhide package.

Yes, with Rawhide it works and displays the long description.
 
> >   /usr/share/appdata/soundconverter.appdata.xml 1 problems detected:
> >   • attribute invalid     : <screenshot> width was too small
> > The contributed file does not set any attributes width or height.
> 
> How large is the actual screenshot in pixels? If you run
> "appdata-validate -v foo.appdata.xml" it'll tell you the parameters
> it's using for validation.

$ wget -q http://soundconverter.org/screenshot-soundconverter.png
$ file screenshot-soundconverter.png 
screenshot-soundconverter.png: PNG image data, 502 x 534, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced

$ appdata-validate -v /usr/share/appdata/soundconverter.appdata.xml |grep -i size
ScreenshotSizeWidthMin=624
ScreenshotSizeHeightMin=351
ScreenshotSizeWidthMax=1600
ScreenshotSizeHeightMax=900

$ appdata-validate -v /usr/share/appdata/soundconverter.appdata.xml 
[AppdataToolsValidate]
LengthUpdatecontactMin=6
LengthNameMin=3
LengthNameMax=30
LengthSummaryMin=8
LengthSummaryMax=100
LengthParaMin=50
LengthParaMax=600
LengthListItemMin=20
LengthListItemMax=100
NumberParaMin=2
NumberParaMax=4
NumberScreenshotsMin=1
ScreenshotSizeWidthMin=624
ScreenshotSizeHeightMin=351
ScreenshotSizeWidthMax=1600
ScreenshotSizeHeightMax=900
NumberScreenshotsMax=5
RequireContactdetails=true
RequireUrl=true
HasNetworkAccess=true
RequireCopyright=false
RequireCorrectAspectRatio=false
DesiredAspectRatio=1.7777777770000001

checking http://soundconverter.org/screenshot-soundconverter.png
/usr/share/appdata/soundconverter.appdata.xml 1 problems detected:
• attribute invalid     : <screenshot> width was too small