Checking all releases with the following script it seems to me that updates from appstream to ftp-master are
done on "testing" and "unstable" only leaving out "stable" notably since the
beginning in 2016. Is there some rationale behind this or is it a bug?
package appstream has hard reverse dependencies for GNOME and others that rely
on it to get the *updated* AppStream-Data for them to use.
$ cat appstream-check.sh
#!/bin/bash
WGET='wget --quiet --show-progress --timestamping'
for RELEASE in sid buzz rex bo hamm slink potato woody sarge etch lenny squeeze
wheezy jessie stretch buster bullseye bookworm trixie; do
for COMPONENT in main contrib non-free; do
${WGET}
"https://appstream.debian.org/data/${RELEASE}/${COMPONENT}/Components-amd64.yml.gz";
-O "${RELEASE}-${COMPONENT}-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz"
${WGET}
"https://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/${RELEASE}/${COMPONENT}/dep11/Components-amd64.yml.gz";
-O "${RELEASE}-${COMPONENT}-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz"
done
done
stat --format '%y %n X%sX' *.yml.gz | grep -v 'X0X' | cut -d' ' -f1,4 | column
--table | sort
$ ./appstream-check.sh
[...]
2017-06-16 stretch-contrib-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2017-06-16 stretch-main-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2017-06-16 stretch-non-free-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2017-06-18 stretch-contrib-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2017-06-18 stretch-main-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2017-06-18 stretch-non-free-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2019-06-24 buster-non-free-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2019-06-24 buster-non-free-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2019-06-27 buster-contrib-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2019-06-27 buster-contrib-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2019-07-03 buster-main-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2019-07-03 buster-main-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-08-01 bullseye-contrib-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-08-08 bullseye-main-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-08-08 bullseye-non-free-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-09-11 bullseye-non-free-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-10-09 bullseye-contrib-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-12-18 bullseye-main-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-12-31 bookworm-contrib-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-12-31 bookworm-contrib-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-12-31 bookworm-non-free-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-12-31 bookworm-non-free-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-12-31 sid-contrib-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2021-12-31 sid-contrib-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2022-01-01 bookworm-main-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2022-01-01 bookworm-main-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2022-01-01 sid-main-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2022-01-01 sid-main-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2022-01-01 sid-non-free-appstream-Components-amd64.yml.gz
2022-01-01 sid-non-free-mirrorcpy-Components-amd64.yml.gz
