Hi,
I am looking to "somehow" generate useful appstream metainfo files for
my desktop applications; the one I am working on is saods9. Taking the
info from
https://appstream.debian.org/data/sid/main/Components-amd64.yml.gz and
converting the relevant section to XML gives me a file like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<component type="desktop-application">
...
<description><p>...</p>...</description>
<description xml:lang="da"><p>...</p>...</description>
...
</component>
When trying to validate this with appstreamcli, I get errors like
E: edu.si.ds9:37: metainfo-localized-description-tag description
so I decided to look up the documentation on
https://freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Validation.html:
metainfo-localized-description-tag
Severity: error
A <description/> tag must not be localized in metainfo files
(upstream metadata). Localize the individual paragraphs instead.
catalog-localized-description-section
Severity: error
This element (paragraph, list, etc.) of a <description/> tag must
not be localized individually in catalog metadata. Localize the
whole <description/> tag instead. (...)
which sounds a bit contradictionary? So, shall one localize individual
paragraphs or the whole section? What is the correct way?
Please Cc the answer to me as I am not subscribed.
Best
Ole
