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How can app handle unrelased release date in metada #570

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ghost opened this issue Dec 29, 2023 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #650
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How can app handle unrelased release date in metada #570

ghost opened this issue Dec 29, 2023 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #650

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@ghost
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ghost commented Dec 29, 2023

I've noticed that some app developers use a metadata file to prepare release notes for versions that have not yet been released.

      <release version="3.1.0" date="2023-12-XX">
        <description translatable="no">
          <p>This is a minor release of Impression with a few small improvements.</p>
        </description>
      </release>

Of course, appstreamcli can't validate these dates.

W: @app-id@:68: invalid-iso8601-date 2023-12-XX
   The AppStream specification requires a complete, ISO 8601 date string with at least
   day-granularity to denote dates. Please ensure the date string is valid.

Could you offer me a way that developers can use a metadata file to prepare release notes without breaking validation?
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ximion commented Dec 29, 2023

We can potentially ignore the date requirement if the release type is snapshot, so if that is set, people can just leave out the date and add it once the release is ready...

gnomesysadmins pushed a commit to GNOME/nautilus that referenced this issue Jan 10, 2024
@antoniojpfernandes
appdata: Use build date between releases
4eabd87 
Although build date is wrong for releases, we still need a date between
releases to pass appstream validation.

Partly revert commit b7e4400

To make it easy for future releases, provide copy-pastable templates and
introduce release type attributes.

In the future we may want to use the new "snapshot" type and drop the
date, as per ximion/appstream#570

Reference: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Metadata-Releases.html
gnomesysadmins pushed a commit to GNOME/nautilus that referenced this issue Jan 10, 2024
@antoniojpfernandes
appdata: Use build date between releases
9798911 
Although build date is wrong for releases, we still need a date between
releases to pass appstream validation.

Partly revert commit b7e4400

To make it easy for future releases, provide copy-pastable templates and
introduce release type attributes.

In the future we may want to use the new "snapshot" type and drop the
date, as per ximion/appstream#570

Reference: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Metadata-Releases.html
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