Bug 393012 - command-line flag to temporarily prefer AppStream data from /usr/share/metainfo
Summary: command-line flag to temporarily prefer AppStream data from /usr/share/metainfo
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: discover (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Aleix Pol
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Reported: 2018-04-11 15:37 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2018-04-12 02:05 UTC (History)
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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!