Bug 393012

Summary:	command-line flag to temporarily prefer AppStream data from /usr/share/metainfo
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	discover	Assignee:	Aleix Pol <aleixpol>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	matthias, null
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Nate Graham 2018-04-11 15:37:50 UTC

This came up while we were discussing the Gwenview release notes for Applications 18.04.

It would be nice if Discover had a command-line flag to temporarily prefer local AppStream data from /usr/share/metainfo. This would be very useful for locally testing AppStream changes so you could see how they would show up in Discover.

Comment 1 Matthias K. 2018-04-12 00:30:33 UTC

There is no command-line flag (yet), but you can achieve that behavior by setting `PreferLocalMetainfoData=true` in `/etc/appstream.conf`.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2018-04-12 02:05:45 UTC

That'll do, thanks!