Add "get-latest-version" util command #468
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This gets the latest version specified in an appdata file, which, combined with utilities such as check-news.sh[1], can be used to check whether the date specified in the appdata's release information is correct. See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/1950 [1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/totem/-/blob/master/check-news.sh
This will avoid old dates from being mentioned in the appdata file, as happened in evince. This requires a version of appstream-util with the get-latest-version command: hughsie/appstream-glib#468 See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/1950
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This makes total sense, but I think it should be added to the https://github.com/ximion/appstream project instead; appstream-glib is in heavy maintenance mode now and we're not really taking on new features. I think most things have been ported, or am porting to the newer libappstream library maintained by @ximion |
Would have been nice if the README mentioned it :/ |
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Filed ximion/appstream#502 against appstream until I get the time to reimplement this once more. |
This will avoid old dates from being mentioned in the appdata file, as happened in evince. This requires a version of appstream-util with the get-latest-version command: hughsie/appstream-glib#468 See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/1950
Done in #469 |
This gets the latest version specified in an appdata file, which, combined with utilities such as check-news.sh1, can be used to check whether the date specified in the appdata's release information is correct.
See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/-/issues/1950