Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: bullseye moreinfo User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu X-Debbugs-Cc: appstream-g...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:appstream-glib
[ Reason ] Recent server-side changes on flathub.org mean that it started publishing Appstream metadata that appstream-glib doesn't understand (<em> and <code> markup), and appstream-glib is intolerant of non-recognised markup in this context, causing `flatpak search` to regress in bullseye. (#1037206) [ Impact ] If not fixed, `flatpak search` will show an error message for Flathub users and not offer any search results, unless the user upgrades to the version from bullseye-backports (which is unaffected by appstream-glib bugs because it has switched to using libappstream, a different codebase). [ Tests ] I confirmed that this fixes the reproducer from #1037206. bullseye's gnome-software, which uses appstream-glib, is still able to display search results from both Debian (I searched for amoebax) and Flathub (I searched for steamlink and organicmaps). The package description for organicmaps, which includes <em> and therefore triggered this bug, is not displayed correctly in gnome-software (text inside <em> doesn't appear), but that isn't a regression: the same behaviour is seen without this change. The patches also add a regression test, which is run at build-time and passes. [ Risks ] These are straightforward backports from the newer upstream release in bookworm, and have also been proposed for an Ubuntu 22.04 stable update. The original change introduced a test failure, for which the subsequent upstream fix is also included. I've marked this as moreinfo because it should ideally be reviewed by the package's maintainer (not me). [ Checklist ] [x] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them [x] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable [x] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable [ Changes ] All changes are part of solving #1037206.
