Leverage "What's New" button for AppData metadata changelog / release news #62

nekohayo commented 2026年05月13日 07:01:39 +02:00

At least with version 0.2.0 (as 0.3.0 hasn't hit Flathub yet!), this app doesn't show a "What's New" page button in its About dialog. LibAdwaita offers a convenience function for this, to show the app's release notes: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/property.AboutDialog.release-notes.html (apps that already implement this include: Shortwave, Showtime, GNOME Calendar, Papers, GNOME System Monitor, Decibels, Warp, etc.)

I think it would be quite useful to have here given the rapid pace of development, and because I can't find a NEWS / ChangeLog file here, and there are no notes entries on releases in https://codeberg.org/ckruse/Gitte/tags ...

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P.S.: I noticed that the "Website" button in the About dialog is hidden as the single entry within the "Details" button's page (whereas other apps usually have it top-level), is that intentional?

At least with version 0.2.0 (as 0.3.0 hasn't hit Flathub yet!), this app doesn't show a "What's New" page button in its About dialog. LibAdwaita offers a convenience function for this, to show the app's release notes: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/property.AboutDialog.release-notes.html (apps that already implement this include: Shortwave, Showtime, GNOME Calendar, Papers, GNOME System Monitor, Decibels, Warp, etc.) I think it would be quite useful to have here given the rapid pace of development, and because I can't find a NEWS / ChangeLog file here, and there are no notes entries on releases in https://codeberg.org/ckruse/Gitte/tags ... --- P.S.: I noticed that the "Website" button in the About dialog is hidden as the single entry within the "Details" button's page (whereas other apps usually have it top-level), is that intentional?

ckruse commented 2026年05月13日 07:06:40 +02:00

oh! I didn't know that libadwaita would've me covered. I wrote my own What's New feature for 0.3.0: Screenshot From 2026年05月13日 07-03-36

Does it work with Non-Flatpak builds as well? I have to check.

Regarding the website link: I think this is just how Libadwaita does that. You set .website("url") and Libadwaita puts it into the details section.

oh! I didn't know that libadwaita would've me covered. I wrote my own What's New feature for 0.3.0:  Does it work with Non-Flatpak builds as well? I have to check. Regarding the website link: I think this is just how Libadwaita does that. You set `.website("url")` and Libadwaita puts it into the details section.

nekohayo commented 2026年05月13日 07:10:08 +02:00

If I remember correctly, libadwaita even allows you to be lazier and tell it "here's the appdata file, figure out everything from it for the About dialog" rather than setting properties one at a time, I think!

If I remember correctly, libadwaita even allows you to be lazier and tell it "here's the appdata file, figure out everything from it for the About dialog" rather than setting properties one at a time, I think!

ckruse commented 2026年05月13日 07:20:56 +02:00

You are right, there is https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/1.7/ctor.AboutDialog.new_from_appdata.html

The builder template did it this way, and I never checked. Nice, will dig deeper into this for 0.4.0. Thank you for the pointer! :-)

You are right, there is <https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/1.7/ctor.AboutDialog.new_from_appdata.html> The builder template did it this way, and I never checked. Nice, will dig deeper into this for 0.4.0. Thank you for the pointer! :-)

ckruse commented 2026年05月13日 07:24:26 +02:00

PS: 0.3.0 will be submitted to Flathub as soon as the macOS builds are ready

PS: 0.3.0 will be submitted to Flathub as soon as the macOS builds are ready