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Review: dh-appstream 0.1

Package Information

Descriptiondebhelper addon for generating AppStream metainfo XML

dh-appstream is a debhelper tool that generates AppStream metainfo XML files from Debian binary package information and installs them in the built packages.

Currently, it supports generating metainfo for font packages (component type "font"), with automatic font family discovery using fc-query.

The tool reads metadata from debian/control and debian/copyright, generates the metainfo XML from a template, validates it using appstreamcli, and installs it to /usr/share/metainfo/.

MaintainerDebian Commons <dh-appstream@packages.debian.org>
Changed ByBastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Sponsorbage@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureall
Closes#1146697
Blocked Bugs#1143604 (normal)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dh-appstream
Uploaded2 months, 4 days ago

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.changes◂
Sourcedh-appstream
Version0.1
Changed-ByBastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Architecturesource all
Distributionunstable
DateFri, 04 Sep 2026 17:10:00 +0200
Changelog◂
dh-appstream (0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * Initial release (Closes: #1146697)
.dsc◂
Componentmain
Package-Listdh-appstream deb text optional arch=all
Sectiontext
Priorityoptional
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dh-appstream

Files: *
Copyright: 2026 Bastian Germann
License: CC0-1.0

License: CC0-1.0
 On Debian systems, the full text of the CC0 1.0 Universal license
 can be found at: /usr/share/common-licenses/CC0-1.0

Review Information

accepted — allocated to mechtilde 1 month, 29 days ago, started 1 month, 29 days ago, completed 1 month, 29 days ago.

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