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Bug#999809: marked as done (Maybe hide im-config from AppStream)

Your message dated Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:48:47 +0000
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and subject line Bug#999809: fixed in im-config 0.50-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #999809,
regarding Maybe hide im-config from AppStream
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Package: src:im-config
Version: 0.49-1

Hello!
Due to the im-config.desktop file, im-config is visible in software catalogs such as Software (GNOME) and Discover (KDE). I would like to raise the question whether it should be.
Ideally you should have a metainfo file if you want a piece of software handled properly by AppStream. Since im-config does not install such a file, AppStream uses the info in the .desktop file and the control file for now. But that behavior is deprecated, and it does so while complaining: 

https://appstream.debian.org/sid/main/issues/im-config.html
Previously ibus was recognized by AppStream via the org.freedesktop.IBus.Setup.desktop file. But I noticed weird user reviews, such as users complaining about the lack of a "launch button" to start ibus. So I proposed to hide ibus from AppStream, and upstream approved my proposal without discussion. 

https://github.com/ibus/ibus/commit/72ca5c93
I think im-config is similar to ibus in this respect. It gets silently installed when appropriate and serves in the background. It's not an "app" for users to install and launch.
My suggestion is that "X-AppStream-Ignore=true" is added to im-config.desktop. An alternative would be to carefully consider how to present im-config properly in Software and Discover, and create a metainfo file accordingly. 

I'd better mention that e.g. fcitx5 installs a metainfo file:

https://salsa.debian.org/input-method-team/fcitx5/-/blob/master/data/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.metainfo.xml.in
Don't know how they thought (if they thought...). Maybe they simply see it as an opportunity to advertise.
I think that the actual IM engines, OTOH, are good fits in the software catalogs. A user may want to know "how can I input Japanese or Korean", and it makes sense that software such as Anthy and Hangul can be found that way. It's the value of showing the frameworks and the configuration tool I question. 

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Cheers,
Gunnar

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Source: im-config
Source-Version: 0.50-1
Done: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
im-config, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 999809@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj@debian.org> (supplier of updated im-config package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:01:56 +0100
Source: im-config
Built-For-Profiles: noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 0.50-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Input Method Team <debian-input-method@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj@debian.org>
Closes: 999809 1001196
Changes:
 im-config (0.50-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload
 .
   [ Boyuan Yang ]
   * po/zh_CN.po: minor update
 .
   [ Gunnar Hjalmarsson ]
   * Dropped d/watch lintian override (unused since lintian 2.112.0)
   * d/copyright: Bump copyright year
   * Hide im-config from AppStream (closes: #999809)
   * Add translations to .desktop via Makefile instead of d/rules
   * Imported translations from Launchpad
   * im-launch.desktop: Add "NoDisplay=true" to hide it in menus etc.
   * Replace "cjkv" with "auto" for LXQt on Ubuntu
     - With this change Ubuntu uses exactly the same version of
       /etc/default/im-config as Debian.
   * Drop unused "spelling-error-in-readme-debian" lintian-overrides
 .
   [ Osamu Aoki ]
   * Update document (closes: #1001196)
   * Test build with sbuild.
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