Package: octave Version: 4.0.2-1~bpo8+1 Severity: wishlist The Debian package “octave” should contain AppStream metadata. [1] This will make Octave available in software centers such as GNOME software and KDE discovery. [2]
The upstream version compiles a file etc/icons/octave.appdata.xml, which should be placed in /usr/share/metainfo/. As soon as the AppStream information is in place, there are other Octave packages, which can install AppStream data and register as an extension to Octave. [3] [1] https://appstream.debian.org/stretch/main/issues/octave.html [2] https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/AddonAppdata#GNU_Octave -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages octave depends on: ii libamd2.3.1 1:4.2.1-3 ii libarpack2 3.1.5-3 ii libasound2 1.0.28-1 ii libblas3 [libblas.so.3] 1.2.20110419-10 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u4 ii libcamd2.3.1 1:4.2.1-3 ii libccolamd2.8.0 1:4.2.1-3 ii libcholmod2.1.2 1:4.2.1-3 ii libcolamd2.8.0 1:4.2.1-3 ii libcxsparse3.1.2 1:4.2.1-3 ii libfftw3-double3 3.3.4-2 ii libfftw3-single3 3.3.4-2 ii libfltk-gl1.3 1.3.2-6+b1 ii libfltk1.3 1.3.2-6+b1 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3 ii libfreetype6 2.5.2-3+deb8u1 ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10 ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 10.3.2-1+deb8u1 ii libglpk36 4.55-1 ii libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 9.0.0-2 ii libgomp1 4.9.2-10 ii libgraphicsmagick++3 1.3.20-3+deb8u1 ii libgraphicsmagick3 1.3.20-3+deb8u1 ii liblapack3 [liblapack.so.3] 3.5.0-4 ii liboctave3 4.0.2-1~bpo8+1 ii libopenblas-base [liblapack.so.3] 0.2.12-1 ii libosmesa6 10.3.2-1+deb8u1 ii libportaudio2 19+svn20140130-1 ii libqhull6 2012.1-5 ii libqrupdate1 1.1.2-1 ii libqscintilla2-11 2.8.4+dfsg-1 ii libqt4-network 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqt4-opengl 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libsndfile1 1.0.25-9.1+deb8u1 ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10 ii libumfpack5.6.2 1:4.2.1-3 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3 ii octave-common 4.0.2-1~bpo8+1 ii texinfo 5.2.0.dfsg.1-6 Versions of packages octave recommends: ii default-jre-headless 2:1.7-52 ii gnuplot-x11 4.6.6-2 ii libopenblas-base 0.2.12-1 ii octave-info 3.8.2-4 ii pstoedit 3.62-2+b1 Versions of packages octave suggests: pn octave-doc <none> ii octave-htmldoc 3.8.2-4 -- no debconf information