| Summary: | Discover "author" can confuses publisher and developer depending on the backend; consider separating displaying them separately | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] Discover | Reporter: | francisco_t <leviatan1> |
| Component: | discover | Assignee: | Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <leinir> |
| Status: | RESOLVED UPSTREAM | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | aleixpol, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 5.21.5 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Neon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: |
Flatpak info from discover about keepassxc
snap info from discover about keepassxc |
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Description
francisco_t
2021-05-18 07:45:27 UTC
Created attachment 138529 [details]
snap info from discover about keepassxc
This information comes entirely from the packages' metadata; Discover is simply consuming that information and passing it onto you. We don't have a way to verify if the stated author is accurate or not. The people supposed to be doing this are the packagers of your distro/Snap/FlatHub/wherever you're getting your apps from If any of this information if incorrect, you would need to contact the packagers and tell them about it. (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2) > This information comes entirely from the packages' metadata; Discover is > simply consuming that information and passing it onto you. We don't have a > way to verify if the stated author is accurate or not. The people supposed > to be doing this are the packagers of your distro/Snap/FlatHub/wherever > you're getting your apps from If any of this information if incorrect, you > would need to contact the packagers and tell them about it. You are right. But the data from snap or flatpak are different to "Author". Example snap: https://snapcraft.io/keepassxc Info from snap site: Website and contact Discover show me Author: Contact I think the name of "author" is wrong. The data is "contact" Example Flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.keepassxc.KeePassXC Info from flatpak site: Developer and publisher Developer: keepass team Publisher: see detail (some guys from flathub) I think "Author" is wrong again. The data from flatpak is who is the devs. I think flatpak and snap information is a big disaster but Discover doesn't help with the "Author" tag. Does the "author" word come from flatpak/snap? I think the name "Author" is confusing and wrong anyway. Sorry, but it's difficult explain the problem. Ah, I understand your complaint now. However is there really a significant difference between "Developer" and "Author"? I suppose we could change the word to "Developer" but that feels like a less friendly more technical term. Can you explain maybe in more detail what you don't like about the word "Author"? (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > Ah, I understand your complaint now. > > However is there really a significant difference between "Developer" and > "Author"? I suppose we could change the word to "Developer" but that feels > like a less friendly more technical term. Can you explain maybe in more > detail what you don't like about the word "Author"? I like the word "author" It's confuse because: - Snap "author" is the publisher (checked to certificate, good point) - Flatpak "author" is the developer (and looks like certificated but who knows) I think a good solution would be that discover shows the author (developer) and the publisher separately, specially in flatpak. P.S. Look firefox in snap and flatpak. Both official packages from mozilla: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.firefox https://snapcraft.io/firefox but flatpak in discover has not author (?!) Yeah, that seems sensible enough. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/2423bede60914740854ceb37034464ff4ff09f89/share/linux/org.keepassxc.KeePassXC.appdata.xml#L12 We can't do magic there. This needs addressing in their own metadata. Here's Firefox's appstream metadata. They do not specify a developer or an author at all.
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<id>org.mozilla.firefox</id>
<name>Firefox</name>
<summary>Mozilla Firefox Web Browser</summary>
<description><p>The Firefox standalone app for Linux is here</p><p>Get uncompromised access to the web by blending integrated privacy features and extensions with incredible performance.</p><p>Features:</p><ul><li>A powerful engine that’s built for rapidfire performance no matter how many tabs you’re switching between</li><li>Automatic privacy protection to safeguard your personal data against 2000+ online trackers</li><li>Faster page loading by blocking disruptive ads and scripts that hijack your browsing experience</li></ul><p>One account to sync them all</p><p>Seamlessly access passwords, bookmarks and more from all your devices. Plus, use the Send Tabs feature to instantly share open tabs between desktop, mobile and tablet.</p><p>Browse for good</p><p>We never track, collect or store your personal data. The Firefox Browser is made by Mozilla, the non-profit champions of a healthy internet. Mozilla also tackles issues like privacy, misinformation and trolling by investing in fellowships, campaigns and new technologies designed to make the internet a healthier place that’s open to everyone.</p></description>
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<categories>
<category>Network</category>
<category>WebBrowser</category>
</categories>
<keywords>
<keyword>browser</keyword>
<keyword>internet</keyword>
<keyword>mozilla</keyword>
<keyword>web</keyword>
</keywords>
<kudos>
<kudo>HiDpiIcon</kudo>
</kudos>
<mimetypes>
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<mimetype>application/xhtml+xml</mimetype>
<mimetype>text/html</mimetype>
<mimetype>text/mml</mimetype>
<mimetype>text/xml</mimetype>
<mimetype>x-scheme-handler/http</mimetype>
<mimetype>x-scheme-handler/https</mimetype>
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<url type="bugtracker">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/</url>
<url type="donation">https://donate.mozilla.org/</url>
<url type="help">https://support.mozilla.org/</url>
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<url type="translate">https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Starting_a_localization</url>
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</screenshot>
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</screenshot>
<screenshot>
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</component><component type="desktop">
<id>org.mpdevil.mpdevil</id>
<name>mpdevil</name>
<summary>A simple music browser for MPD</summary>
<description><p>Mpdevil is a simple music browser for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) which is focused on playing local music without the need of managing playlists. Instead of maintaining a client side database of your music library mpdevil loads all tags and covers on demand. So you'll never see any outdated information in the browser. Mpdevil strongly relies on tags.</p><ul><li>display large covers</li><li>play songs without doubleclick</li><li>fetch lyrics</li><li>MPRIS interface</li><li>notifications on title change</li><li>basic queue manipulation (move and delete single tracks)</li><li>search songs</li><li>filter by genre</li><li>media keys support</li><li>many shortcuts</li><li>manage multiple mpd servers</li></ul></description>
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<categories>
<category>Audio</category>
<category>AudioVideo</category>
<category>Player</category>
</categories>
<kudos>
<kudo>HiDpiIcon</kudo>
</kudos>
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<binary>mpdevil</binary>
</provides>
<launchable type="desktop-id">org.mpdevil.mpdevil.desktop</launchable>
<bundle type="flatpak" runtime="org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.38" sdk="org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/3.38">app/org.mpdevil.mpdevil/x86_64/stable</bundle>
</component>
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