I was wondering what the situation is now with flatpak - when I tried just now I got release 2.5.0 which seems to be using libevince instead of libatril (the symptom being that the lilypond links in the Print View do not work). Richard
On Mon, 2022-01-24 at 22:59 +0100, Federico Bruni wrote: > I don't think it's a good idea. > ./autogen.sh is run by everyone any time you want to build the > binary. > But we want a target to be run only when really needed. > If an autotools solution can't be found, you can use a dedicated > script > (release.sh) just to save the commands to be run before a new > release. > > > > On Mon, Jan 24 2022 at 10:21:37 -0600, Jeremiah Benham > <jeremiahben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can we place the commands in autogen.sh? > > > > Jeremiah > > > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 9:58 AM Richard Shann > > <rich...@rshann.plus.com> > > wrote: > > > On Thu, 2022-01-20 at 11:38 +0100, Federico Bruni wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Il giorno gio 20 gen 2022 alle 09:33:14 +0000, Richard Shann > > > > <rich...@rshann.plus.com> ha scritto: > > > > > On Wed, 2022-01-19 at 11:18 -0600, Jeremiah Benham wrote: > > > > > > Richard, > > > > > > I am not seeing his comment in the git logs. > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, this is my mistake - there is some git patch command > > > I > > > > > should > > > > > have used to transfer the comment; the comment is this: > > > > > > > > > > "Something like this should be integrated in the > > > Makefile.am: > > > > > > > > > > news-to-metainfo-releases: > > > > > @cd $(builddir) && > > > > > appstreamcli news-to-metainfo --limit=6 > > > $(srcdir)/NEWS > > > \\ > > > > > org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml > > > org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml > > > > > " > > > > > > > > > > > I am a little confused > > > > > > about what needs to be done in autotools. What needs to > > > happen? > > > > > > > > > > I'm not up to speed on this desktop configuration stuff - > > > I'll > > > send > > > > > this to Federico and he'll be able to explain. > > > > > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > He > > > > > > said he wants to make a target. Does he want it to be > > > installed > > > > > > or > > > > > > is > > > > > > there some processing that needs to happen before > > > something > > > gets > > > > > > installed. Is it processed before build time or during > > > install? > > > > > > I am > > > > > > a > > > > > > little confused. Is it this: > > > > > > @cd $(builddir) && > > > > > > appstreamcli news-to-metainfo --limit=6 > > > $(srcdir)/NEWS \\ > > > > > > org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml > > > org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jeremiah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jeremiah > > > > > > > > Right now org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml.in is processed once > > > by > > > > intltool, which takes the translated strings from the PO files > > > and > > > > add > > > > them to the final .xml file in the builddir (which will be > > > > installed). > > > > > > > > I want to add one more processing during build time, in order > > > to > > > add > > > > the release notes to the final .xml file. > > > > > > If all this is just to copy something from the file NEWS to the > > > file > > > org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml.in then I could just do this while > > > copying from ChangeLog to NEWS (I put the release notes in > > > ChangeLog > > > because Debian was requiring a change to ChangeLog from one > > > release > > > to > > > the next and I added them to NEWS because I thought you needed > > > them > > > there for flatpak. I can just as easily update > > > org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml.in > > > if that makes life easier). What <field></field>s would need be > > > needed? > > > - I'm assuming once the <field>s are set up it is just a matter > > > of > > > copying text (well, escaping <>& or avoiding them). > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > My first approach - what I thought it might be easier - was > > > simply > > > > overriding the .xml file processed by intlttol using the > > > appstreamcli > > > > news-to-metainfo command above. As you can see, the file > > > > $(builddir)/org.denemo.Denemo.appdata.xml is both the input > > > and > > > the > > > > output file. > > > > But that command is not run, because I don't understand how > > > Autotools > > > > targets work. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Federico > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
