[vlc-commits] [Git][videolan/vlc][master] share: add date attr to AppStream release

[Steve Lhomme (@robUx4)]

Steve Lhomme pushed to branch master at VideoLAN / VLC


Commits:
acfccc71 by Mathieu Velten at 2026-04-17T12:54:29+00:00
share: add date attr to AppStream release

- - - - -


3 changed files:

- Makefile.am
- configure.ac
- share/org.videolan.vlc.appdata.xml.in.in


Changes:

=====================================
Makefile.am
=====================================
@@ -216,3 +216,15 @@ update-po:
 include extras/package/macosx/package.mak
 include extras/package/win32/package.mak
 include extras/package/win32/msi.mak
+
+dist-hook:
+	chmod u+w "$(distdir)/configure" "$(distdir)/configure.ac"
+	mtime_ref=$(mktemp)
+#	We keep a copy to have a reference timestamp and restore it,
+#	to avoid triggering automake again
+	cp -p "$(distdir)/configure.ac" "$mtime_ref"
+	sed -i '/^VERSION_DATE=\$$(/,/^)/c\VERSION_DATE='$(VERSION_DATE) \
+		"$(distdir)/configure" "$(distdir)/configure.ac"
+	touch -r "$mtime_ref" "$(distdir)/configure.ac"
+	rm "$mtime_ref"
+


=====================================
configure.ac
=====================================
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ VERSION_REVISION=0
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 VERSION_DEV=dev
 
+VERSION_DATE=$(
+    VERSION_PATTERN='^v?([[0-9]]+\.?)+(-[[0-9]]+)?$'
+    VERSION_TAG=$(git tag --points-at HEAD --sort=-version:refname 2>/dev/null | grep -E "$VERSION_PATTERN" | head -n 1)
+    if test -n "$VERSION_TAG"; then
+        DATE=$(git for-each-ref --format='%(taggerdate:short)' "refs/tags/${VERSION_TAG}" 2>/dev/null)
+        if test -n "$TAG" && test -z "$DATE"; then
+            AC_MSG_ERROR([Building with TAG envvar set but no date found on the tag, please check that your git tag is annotated])
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "$DATE"
+    else
+        date '+%Y-%m-%d'
+    fi
+) || exit $?
+
+AC_SUBST([VERSION_DATE])
+
 # libvlc .so version values
 LIBVLC_ABI_MAJOR=12
 LIBVLC_ABI_MINOR=0


=====================================
share/org.videolan.vlc.appdata.xml.in.in
=====================================
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <url type="bugtracker">https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/</url>
     <url type="donation">https://www.videolan.org/contribute.html</url>
     <releases>
-        <release version="@VERSION@" />
+        <release version="@VERSION@" date="@VERSION_DATE@" />
     </releases>
     <provides>
         <library>libvlc.so.5</library>



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