appstream extractor should search valid directories
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Current evaluation
Enhancement request: let parse-info accept a bare appstream filename and have the extractor search $stage/usr/share/{appinfo,metainfo}/ and PWD instead of requiring a full relative path. Still unimplemented; only an unrelated 2018 comment, labelled 19.04-external.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The requested behaviour is still absent in current code: extract_lifecycle_metadata() only probes part_src_dir/part_build_dir/part_install_dir for the exact parse-info path (`if pathlib.Path(location, metadata_file.lstrip('/')).is_file()`), and docs/reference/external-package-information.rst still tells users to write the full `usr/share/metainfo/...` path — so the report is accurate and the feature request remains valid rather than obsolete. It is only a recipe-authoring convenience (no bug, no data loss, and related_issues/git_log_search surfaced no other issues or commits demanding it), and it lacks maintainer buy-in: the sole comment is an unrelated paste of KDE build output from ~sergiusens, so there is no agreed precedence/ambiguity design (bare-name match in multiple dirs, the questionable 'relative to snapcraft PWD' clause, backward compatibility) to implement against.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
6
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
42
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keep open | Enhancement request: let parse-info accept a bare appstream filename and have the extractor search $stage/usr/share/{appinfo,metainfo}/ and PWD instead of requiring a full relative path. Still unimplemented; only an unrelated 2018 comment, labelled 19.04-external. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
33
Quick Win:
14
Complexity:
38
Confidence:
87
Actionability:
69
|
keep open | AppStream parse-info still requires full relative paths instead of automatically searching standard metadata directories; the requested shorthand remains unimplemented. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
15
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
90
Actionability:
78
|
needs triage | AppStream parse-info still requires a full path; basename lookup in standard appinfo/metainfo directories is unimplemented, with no maintainer response on this 19.04-era request. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
16
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Feature request from 2018 asking the appstream extractor to search standard directories (usr/share/appinfo, usr/share/metainfo, PWD) instead of requiring full paths in parse-info. Still open with zero comments and no maintainer engagement; current code still takes a full relative path. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to auto-search standard directories for appstream files instead of requiring full paths. Issue is 8 years old, has zero comments, and shows no maintainer engagement or implementation progress. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to make the appstream extractor automatically search standard directories for appstream files instead of requiring full paths. Untriaged and inactive for over 8 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to make the appstream extractor automatically search standard directories for appstream files instead of requiring full paths. Untriaged and inactive for over 8 years. |
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