Tails

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2017-06-12 18:56:53

> * Then searching `tails` leads to a spinner going on for ever (+5 minutes).

This very much looks like a limitation specific to their Live CD: I suspect they don’t include the AppStream data in there to save some disk space; if I’m guessing correctly, then this behavior is fully expected. I suggest running apt update and then retrying.

#17 Updated by sajolida 2017-06-12 19:33:30

apt update is performed already after adding Universe and the PPA in Software & Updates.

I tried in 17.04 and got the same result.

Then I tried to kill the gnome-software process running in the background and restart Ubuntu Software. I got slightly different results:

• At startup I get a “reloading package list” or something similar.
• Then searching for “Tails Installer” leads to “No Application Found” (instead of an endless spinner).
• While searching for “Inkscape” leads to Inkscape as search result.

I quickly looked for another PPA with an AppStream but couldn’t find any. That would be a good test to know whether the problem is in our package or in Ubuntu.

#18 Updated by sajolida 2017-06-12 19:37:36

Also, trying to search for “Inkscape” right after starting Tails 17.04 live leads to Inkscape being proposed as a result. So to me, this bug is either a but in the PPA support of GNOME Software in Ubuntu in general or in Ubuntu live, or a bug in our package. But not an expected behavior of Ubuntu Live.

#19 Updated by Anonymous 2017-06-14 11:33:04

This could be related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream-glib/+bug/1576780 But I still have to test this myself.

#22 Updated by Anonymous 2017-07-05 12:12:35

I am currently researching this issue.
There is (possibly) a misunderstanding: no PPA is available in the universe repository.
Each PPA still needs to be added as a PPA from what I understand.
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Adding_Personal_Package_Archives_.28PPAs.29

That said, once I add the PPA using gnome-software, the installer still does not show up.
Next step: research why this happens.

I tried to find it using appstreamcli s tails after doing appstreamcli refresh. But even in this command line tool I can’t see it.

Now, according to https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines#Icon_best_practices our icon might not be in the correct place AND we must ship an icon.

According to this page: https://appstream.debian.org/sid/main/metainfo/index.html our appstream file which is recognized is the .desktop file. This is the case for many other packages. AND apparently there was an error: https://appstream.debian.org/sid/main/issues/tails-installer.html

#23 Updated by Anonymous 2017-07-05 13:19:11

So I guess, that’s what needs fixing:

Errors
missing-desktop-file
Found an AppStream metainfo XML file, but the associated .desktop file is missing. This often happens when the .desktop file is renamed, but the <id/> tag of the AppStream metainfo file is not adapted as well, or if the metainfo file is located in a different package than the .desktop file.
Please fix the packaging or work with upstream to resolve this issue.

Warning
legacy-metainfo-directory
The AppStream metainfo file 'tails-installer.appdata.xml' was found in a legacy path.
Please install metainfo files into /usr/share/metainfo, as the old path will not be recognized anymore in the future.

Warnings
category-name-invalid
The category name Tails is invalid. The software can not be shown in this category.

Hints
description-from-package
This component gets its description from the package it is located in.
This has several disadvantages, like poor markup, too technical descriptions for users of software centers, different components having the same description, etc.
Please consider writing a metainfo file for this component to take the long description upstream. In future, components without metainfo file might be dropped from the metadata entirely. You can consult the XML quickstart guides for more information on how to write a metainfo file.

#24 Updated by Anonymous 2017-07-05 13:19:55

And in Ubuntu AppStream metadata, the package does not even show up: http://appstream.ubuntu.com/zesty/universe/index.html

#27 Updated by sajolida 2017-09-13 14:19:41

This is marked for 3.3 but is not blocking Bug #14646. I think this should be part of “Core work: Debian” and I’m very happy if you still plan to do it in time for 3.3 :)

#34 Updated by sajolida 2018-05-04 16:53:46

I tested this in Ubuntu 18.04 and Tails Installer still doesn’t show up in Ubuntu Sofware.

Two years and a half after we packaged Tails Installer for Ubuntu, people still have to go through the command line to install it :(

#35 Updated by Anonymous 2018-05-05 13:59:21

sajolida wrote:
> I tested this in Ubuntu 18.04 and Tails Installer still doesn’t show up in Ubuntu Sofware.
>
> Two years and a half after we packaged Tails Installer for Ubuntu, people still have to go through the command line to install it :(

I’m aware of it, but there is not a lot of documentation (or I did not find it) on how to make this work correctly, so it takes me quite some time to figure it out and I did not yet get back to it. However, this ticket is assigned to me and I want to take care of it when I’m not on vacation anymore.

#36 Updated by Anonymous 2018-05-08 13:43:24

While working on the tails-installer debian packages today, I noticed that the appstream file is not installed in the correct location. I fixed that in 91610c0 on liveusb-creator.git. I’m not sure if this will be enough to fix this bug, but I certainly hope it will once we have the new version uploaded to Ubuntu. Leaving this ticket open to test that later.

#39 Updated by intrigeri 2018-06-25 08:10:16

u wrote:
> While working on the tails-installer debian packages today, I noticed that the appstream file is not installed in the correct location. I fixed that in 91610c0 on liveusb-creator.git. I’m not sure if this will be enough to fix this bug, but I certainly hope it will once we have the new version uploaded to Ubuntu. Leaving this ticket open to test that later.

This change was included in 5.0.8+dfsg-0tails1, fingers crossed.

#45 Updated by Anonymous 2018-09-03 17:52:23

I’m scheduling more work and testing on this particular issue around the end of September.

#46 Updated by sajolida 2018-09-04 14:59:47

Hurray!

Note that the more we postpone this issue the less sense it will make
(depending on the cost/benefit) since we will remove Tails Installer
from Ubuntu in time for Release 3.12 (2019-01-29).

#48 Updated by Anonymous 2018-11-05 17:16:30

I’ve found more errors in out desktop and appstream files, modified them now and pushed.