Hi Petter, please explain what the reason should be to have an appstream config for open-vm-tools. It maybe might sense to make the desktop package available in appstream, but as it is it just doesn't make sense what you are proposing.
Bernd 25.01.2025 07:30:14 Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@hungry.com>: > Here is an slightly updated patch. I would be happy to do a NMU if > that is required to get this fix into unstable. > > diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright > index ca9b7f25..f87a8aa8 100644 > --- a/debian/copyright > +++ b/debian/copyright > @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Copyright: 2007-2013 Daniel Baumann > <m...@daniel-baumann.ch> > 2022 Bryce Harrington <br...@canonical.com> > License: GPL-2+ > > +Files: open-vm-tools/com.github.vmware.open_vm_tools.metainfo.xml > + debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch > +Copyright: 2024 Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@debian.org> > +License: MIT > + > License: BSD-3 > This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by Chris Torek. > . > @@ -164,3 +169,22 @@ License: xfree86-1.0 > author(s) shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, > use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization > from > the copyright holder(s) and author(s). > + > +License: MIT > + Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy > + of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to > deal > + in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights > + to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell > + copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is > + furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > + . > + The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in > all > + copies or substantial portions of the Software. > + . > + THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR > + IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, > + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE > + AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER > + LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING > FROM, > + OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN > THE > + SOFTWARE. > diff --git a/debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch > b/debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch > new file mode 100644 > index 00000000..6e1114c7 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/debian/patches/1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ > +Description: Announce package and hardware mapping using Appstream metadata > XML > +Author: Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@debian.org> > +Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/837983 > +Forwarded: no > +Last-Update: 2024-12-23 > +--- > +--- open-vm-tools-12.4.5.orig/open-vm-tools/Makefile.am > ++++ open-vm-tools-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/Makefile.am > +@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ if HAVE_UDEV > + SUBDIRS += vmwgfxctrl > + endif > + > ++metainfodir = $(datarootdir)/metainfo > ++metainfo_DATA = com.github.vmware.open_vm_tools.metainfo.xml > + > + install-data-local: > + $(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/vmware-tools/ > +--- /dev/null > ++++ > open-vm-tools-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/com.github.vmware.open_vm_tools.metainfo.xml > +@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ > ++<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > ++<component> > ++ <id>com.github.vmware.open-vm-tools</id> > ++ <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license> > ++ <name>open-vm-tools</name> > ++ <summary>Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware > (CLI)</summary> > ++ <description> > ++ <p>The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an > ++ open source implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of > ++ virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality, > ++ user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines.</p> > ++ > ++ <p>This package contains only the core user-space programs and > ++ libraries.</p> > ++ </description> > ++ <provides> > ++ <modalias>dmi:*:svnVMWare*:*</modalias> > ++ </provides> > ++</component> > diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series > index 16610732..a2f3d1fb 100644 > --- a/debian/patches/series > +++ b/debian/patches/series > @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ > use-debian-pam > debian/scsi-udev-rule > +1020-appstream-hw-mapping.patch > > -- > Happy hacking > Petter Reinholdtsen
