[Pkg-pascal-devel] Bug#1104749: Bug#1104749: Bug#1104749: Bug#1104749: Bug#1104749: Installing "Lazarus (4.0)" via GUI does not install Lazarus

[Peter B]

On 11/05/2025 12:14, asciiwolf at seznam.cz wrote:
> > Maybe we should fix the following issue before
> > https://appstream.debian.org/sid/main/issues/lazarus-ide-4.0.html
>
> I would not worry about this for now. While the AppStream metainfo 
> file is recommended, it is not required. Valid metadata are 
> automatically generated from the desktop file (and other package data) 
> if the metainfo is not present.
>
> (And there is no point in adding it now in my opinion since it needs 
> to be in the same package as the desktop file anyway).

Agreed.

Appstream metadata is a distro agnostic format, that upstream can use if 
they wish.
Its absence is not a Debian packaging issue.

IMHO its ridiculous for its absence to be a Lintian warming. Maybe a 
pedantic (if at all).


Regards,
Peter