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Review: appstream 1.2.0-1

Package Information

DescriptionSoftware component metadata management

AppStream is a metadata specification which permits software components to provide information about themselves to automated systems and end-users before the software is actually installed. The AppStream project provides facilities to easily access and transform this metadata, as well as a few additional services to allow building feature-rich software centers and similar applications.

This package provides tools to generate, maintain and query the AppStream data pool of installed and available software, and enables integration with the APT package manager.

The 'appstreamcli' tool can be used for accessing the software component pool as well as for working with AppStream metadata directly, including validating it for compliance with the specification.

MaintainerMatthias Klumpp <mak@debian.org>
Changed ByMatthias Klumpp <mak@debian.org>
Sponsormak@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/freedesktop-team/appstream/appstream.git (browse)
Popcon Installs119568
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/appstream
Uploaded17 days ago

Potential Library Transition

The maintainer says no transition is needed and asked us to review anyway.

appstream-generator is already ready and just waiting for a suitable appstream to reach unstable (it has the right build-deps set). This transition will be extremely quick and does not need to be prepared in experimental. I was not aware that release-team coordination was mandatory for minor transitions like this (but I'll know for next time). The one dependent package is controlled by the same team and is already ready, so this update does not need release-team coordination.

— mak, 17 days ago

New Package Report

.changes
Changed-ByMatthias Klumpp
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 02 Sep 2026 22:54:06 +0200
Sourceappstream
Version1.2.0-1
Changelog
appstream (1.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version: 1.2.0
   * Move package Git repository to the Freedesktop.org team
   * Adjust for appstream-compose SOVERSION bump
   * Update dependencies
     - Drop gdk-pixbuf and librsvg, replaced with libvips-dev
   * Update d/copyright
.dsc
Sectionadmin
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listappstream deb admin optional arch=any
appstream-compose deb admin optional arch=amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,loong64,mips64el,mipsel,powerpc,ppc64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x,sparc64,x32
appstream-doc deb doc optional arch=all profile=!nodoc profile:v1=!nodoc
apt-config-icons deb misc optional arch=all
apt-config-icons-hidpi deb misc optional arch=all
apt-config-icons-large deb misc optional arch=all
apt-config-icons-large-hidpi deb misc optional arch=all
gir1.2-appstream-1.0 deb introspection optional arch=any
gir1.2-appstreamcompose-1.0 deb introspection optional arch=amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,loong64,mips64el,mipsel,powerpc,ppc64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x,sparc64,x32
libappstream-compose-dev deb libdevel optional arch=amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,loong64,mips64el,mipsel,powerpc,ppc64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x,sparc64,x32
libappstream-compose1 deb libs optional arch=amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,loong64,mips64el,mipsel,powerpc,ppc64,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x,sparc64,x32
libappstream-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libappstream5 deb libs optional arch=any
libappstreamqt-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libappstreamqt3 deb libs optional arch=any
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: AppStream
Upstream-Contact: Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
Source: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/

Files: *
Copyright: 2012-2026, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2014-2026, Matthias Klumpp <mak@debian.org>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: src/as-agreement*
  src/as-category.c
  src/as-content-rating.*
  src/as-file-monitor.*
  src/as-image.c
  src/as-news-convert.c
  src/as-release.c
  src/as-review-private.h
  src/as-screenshot.*
  src/as-spdx.c
  src/as-tag.c
  src/as-utils.c
  src/as-profile.*
  src/as-zstd-decompressor.*
  src/as-version.*
  compose/worker/asw-image.c
Copyright: 2012-2026, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2014-2020, Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: src/as-review.c
  src/as-review.h
Copyright: 2020-2024, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2016, Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
  2016, Canonical Ltd.
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: src/as-reviews-client.c
Copyright: 2018-2026, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2016, Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
  2016-2018, Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com>
  2021, Endless OS Foundation LLC
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: compose/asc-utils-l10n.c
Copyright: 2016-2024, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2015, Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
  2019, Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: src/as-suggested.*
Copyright: 2017-2024, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2016, Lucas Moura <lucas.moura128@gmail.com>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: src/as-vercmp.c
Copyright: 2020-2022, Matthias Klumpp <mak@debian.org>
  2010, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: qt/contentrating.*
  qt/launchable.*
  qt/metadata.*
  qt/translation.*
Copyright: 2016-2024, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2017, Jan Grulich <jgrulich@redhat.com>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: qt/image.*
  qt/provided.*
  qt/screenshot.*
Copyright: 2016-2024, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2014, Sune Vuorela <sune@vuorela.dk>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: qt/release.*
Copyright: 2018-2024, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2016, Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: qt/spdx.*
  qt/suggested.*
Copyright: 2016-2019, Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: qt/branding.*
Copyright: 2024, Carl Schwan <carl@carlschwan.eu>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: qt/pool.cpp
  qt/tests/asqt-pool-test.cpp
Copyright: 2016-2026, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2023, Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: contrib/appstreamcli.bash-completion
Copyright: 2007, James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com>
  2010, Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
  2025, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
License: GPL-2+

Files: data/its/metainfo.loc
  data/platforms.yml
  data/org.freedesktop.appstream.*.metainfo.xml
Copyright: 2015-2026, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
License: FSFAP

Files: tests/samples/appdata-legacy.xml
Copyright: 2013, Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
License: FSFAP

Files: data/its/metainfo.its
Copyright: 2015-2024, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
  2019, Takao Fujiwara <takao.fujiwara1@gmail.com>
License: FSFAP

Files: tests/samples/catalog/xml/lvfs-gdpr.xml
Copyright: 2018, Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
License: CC0-1.0

Files: docs/xml/*
  docs/html/*
  docs/images/*
Copyright: 2012-2026, Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 or GFDL-1.3+

Files: docs/style/*
Copyright: 2003-2016, SUSE LLC
  2012-2016, Thomas Schraitle, Stefan Knorr, Janina Setz
License: GPL-2+ or GPL-3

Files: tests/samples/compose/Raleway-Regular.ttf
  tests/samples/compose/Raleway.LICENSE
Copyright: 2010, The Raleway Project Authors (impallari@gmail.com)
License: OFL-1.1

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Review Information

accepted — allocated to mechtilde 11 days ago, started 11 days ago, completed 11 days ago.

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1.2.0-1 6be1d63e… 2026-09-02 08:45 2026-09-02 09:02 mechtilde rejected VIEW

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