Bug#1100084: gnome-software: Outdated apps listed in Editor's choice in GNOME 48

[sidt]

Package: gnome-software
Version: 48~rc-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: sidtosh4 at gmail.com

The list of curated apps in the following default files shipped with GNOME
Software are outdated.

- /usr/share/swcatalog/xml/org.gnome.Software.Curated.xml
- /usr/share/swcatalog/xml/org.gnome.Software.Featured.xml

E.g GNOME dictionary and GNOME photos are archived GNOME projects.

We still use the following options in "debian/rules"

  -Dhardcoded_curated=true \
  -Ddefault_featured_apps=true

which uses the default files listed above. The recommended fix is to use the
app list from https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-app-list.

Also refer https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-
software/-/blob/main/doc/vendor-customisation.md#3-appstream-files-shipped-
with-gnome-software-for-testing-purposes-only

Thanks!


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-software depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]            0.40.0-5
ii  gnome-software-common                                  48~rc-1
ii  gnome-software-plugin-deb [gnome-software-plugin]      48~rc-1
ii  gnome-software-plugin-flatpak [gnome-software-plugin]  48~rc-1
ii  gnome-software-plugin-snap [gnome-software-plugin]     48~rc-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                              48~beta-1
ii  libadwaita-1-0                                         1.7~beta-2
ii  libappstream5                                          1.0.4-1
ii  libc6                                                  2.41-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0                                    2.42.12+dfsg-2
ii  libglib2.0-0t64                                        2.83.5-1
ii  libgtk-4-1                                             4.17.5+ds-3
ii  libgudev-1.0-0                                         238-6
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                                     1.10.6+ds-1
ii  libmalcontent-0-0                                      0.13.0-1
ii  libpackagekit-glib2-18                                 1.3.0-3
ii  libpango-1.0-0                                         1.56.1-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                                  126-2
ii  libsoup-3.0-0                                          3.6.4-2
ii  libxmlb2                                               0.3.21-1

Versions of packages gnome-software recommends:
ii  gnome-software-plugin-deb    48~rc-1
ii  gnome-software-plugin-fwupd  48~rc-1

Versions of packages gnome-software suggests:
ii  gnome-software-plugin-flatpak  48~rc-1
ii  gnome-software-plugin-snap     48~rc-1

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.Software.desktop [file not found]

-- no debconf information