extractors: support appstream metadata in parts
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #1826 (commit 9cb05f4c5) added an AppStream metadata extractor for parts, initially extracting summary and description. Credits @elopio; closes feature request #1694. Follow-ups: #1853, #1861, #2430.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The PR was approved and merged into snapcraft as commit 9cb05f4c5 ('extractors: support appstream metadata in parts (#1826)'), implementing the AppStream metadata extractor requested in issue #1694, which was consequently closed.
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This PR resolves #1694 by adding an Appstream data extractor. Only supporting the summary and description right now, more to come later.
All credit for this PR goes to @elopio. It's his research, code, and tests.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1826 (commit 9cb05f4c5) added an AppStream metadata extractor for parts, initially extracting summary and description. Credits @elopio; closes feature request #1694. Follow-ups: #1853, #1861, #2430. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR canonical/snapcraft#1826 (commit 9cb05f4c5) by kyrofa adds an AppStream metadata extractor for parts (summary/description only), resolving issue #1694. Extractor was later extended in follow-up commits. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR snapcraft#1826 (commit 9cb05f4c5) adds an AppStream metadata extractor for parts, supporting summary and description, closing feature issue #1694. Later commits expanded it (launchables, desktop files, <em>, code). | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged to snapcraft master in commit 9cb05f4c5, adding an AppStream metadata extractor for parts (summary and description only), authored by elopio and closing issue #1694. Later expanded by #1853 and #1861. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged in snapcraft#1826 (commit 9cb05f4c5), adding an AppStream metadata extractor for parts with summary and description support, resolving #1694. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged. Implemented an Appstream metadata extractor for snapcraft parts, initially supporting summary and description fields. Resolves issue #1694. Code authored by @elopio. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged. Adds an Appstream metadata extractor to snapcraft parts, initially supporting summary and description fields. Resolves #1694. Implementation credited to @elopio. |
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Related work
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Duplicate Of:
snapcraft#1694
(confidence 98%)
Feature request 'Develop appstream handler' that this PR explicitly resolves; #1694 is now closed.
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Related To:
snapcraft#1853
(confidence 70%)
Follow-up commit ce3209468 'extractors: support appstream icon and desktop (#1853)' extending the same extractor.
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Related To:
snapcraft#1861
(confidence 68%)
Follow-up commit d49c2c202 'extractors: also support appdata.xml appstream files. (#1861)' extending appstream support.
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Related To:
snapcraft#2430
(confidence 60%)
Later commit 22025f1bb 'extractors: better appstream support for descriptions (#2430)' improving description handling.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
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| #2430 extractors: better appstream support for descriptions | snapcraft | merged | Merged #2430, improving AppStream description extraction with XSLT normalization, complex-markup support, xml:lang handling, and plain-text output. | |
| #1825 metadata: add infrastructure for extracting metadata from parts | snapcraft | merged | Merged #1825 as eceed0486, adding extensible infrastructure for extracting part metadata and resolving #1693; AppStream extraction was deferred to follow-up work. | |
| #1802 metadata: extract metadata from appstream | snapcraft | closed | Closed unmerged and split into #1825 and #1826, merged as eceed0486 and 9cb05f4c5 to add metadata infrastructure and AppStream extraction. | |
| #1861 extractors: also support appdata.xml appstream files. | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #1861, adding extractor support for AppStream appdata.xml files, in commit d49c2c202. | |
| #1694 Develop appstream handler | snapcraft | closed | AppStream handler feature request delivered by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#1826 (commit 9cb05f4c5), adding an AppStream metadata extractor for parts covering summary and description. Extended later by #1853 (icon/desktop) and #1861 (appdata.xml). | |
| #2828 Appstream | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2828 added AppStream extractor support for <em> emphasis in commit 19d7e3496. | |
| #3695 meta: add appstream metadata extractor | snapcraft | merged | Merged into snapcraft/7.0 via e4d933695, adding an AppStream metadata extractor and tests. | |
| #2831 appstream extractor: add support for code | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2831 as commit 009c92b66, adding an AppStream XSLT template that preserves text inside <code> elements during Markdown transformation. | |
| #1853 extractors: support appstream icon and desktop | snapcraft | merged | Merged as commit ce3209468: AppStream extractors now adopt icon and desktop metadata (icon paths, desktop file IDs) from .metainfo.xml. Closes issue #1828. |