On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:57 AM, Sebastian Ramacher <sramac...@debian.org> wrote: > On 2016-08-09 18:15:05, Jeremy Bicha wrote: >> 1. From Debian "testing" with gnome, open the Software app. >> 2. Search for 'vlc' >> >> What happens: >> ------------------ >> No results for vlc >> >> What should happen: >> ------------------ >> vlc should be in the results >> >> Suggested fix >> ------------------ >> http://appstream.ubuntu.com/yakkety/universe/issues/vlc.html > > This looks buggy, see below. > >> Debian also has an appstream issues page but maybe the generator needs >> updating: https://appstream.debian.org/sid/main/issues/vlc.html >> >> I think this could be fixed if vlc depended on vlc-data. vlc provides >> the binary and the .desktop but vlc-data is needed for the app icons. > > It already does: vlc -> libvlccore8 -> vlc-data. So whenever the desktop file > is > installed, the icon is available. > > So maybe ask the Gnome maintainers why vlc is not listed first. > > Cheers > -- > Sebastian Ramacher
Matthias, Do you know why vlc is not showing up in the GNOME Software app in Debian testing or Ubuntu yakkety, and what we can do to fix it? Thanks, Jeremy Bicha
