[BUG] Heroic not searchable in graphical app stores

[MichaelVarvarin]

Full Raw Package Name (e.g. anda-0.4.14-1.fcrawhide.x86_64)

heroic-games-launcher-0:2.20.1-1.fc43.x86_64

Release Version

f43

Describe the Bug

Heroic games launcher from Terra doesn't show up in search when using KDE Discover or GNOME Software. But if you search in installed packages in GNOME Software it shows up, but not in Discover.

That is despite having a com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl.metainfo.xml file pulled from upstream.

To Reproduce

1. Open Discover.
2. Search Heroic in All programs
3. No native package is shown
4. Search Heroic in Installed if installed
5. No native package is shown
6. Open GNOME Software
7. Search Heroic in Explore
8. No native package is shown
9. Switch to "Installed" and scroll to find Heroic
10. A native package for HGL is shown if installed

Expected Behavior

No response

Relevant Log Output

appstreamcli search Heroic
Identifier: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl [desktop-application]
Name: Heroic
Summary: Play Epic, GOG and Amazon Games
Bundle: flatpak:app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/x86_64/stable
Homepage: https://heroicgameslauncher.com
Icon: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl.png
---
Identifier: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl [desktop-application]
Name: Heroic
Summary: Play Epic, GOG and Amazon Games
Homepage: https://heroicgameslauncher.com
Icon: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl

[hamachitan]

Cannot detect pkgname.

[madonuko]

maybe try refreshing?

[MichaelVarvarin]

Did the following:

1. dnf clean expire-cache
2. sudo dnf --refresh up
3. pkgcli refresh
4. Restart Discover and manually refresh in Update menu

Didn't help. Also the same problem is present on fresh UM Plasma live ISO.

[Owen-sz]

Seems there is an issue with the metainfo file, this may require patching since the file is from upstream:

appstreamcli validate /usr/share/metainfo/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl.metainfo.xml
I: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl:5: developer-name-tag-deprecated
W: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl:288: invalid-iso8601-date ${heroic-release-date}
I: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl:~: developer-info-missing

✘ Validation failed: warnings: 1, infos: 2

[madonuko]

it's available on my machine

[GildedRoach]

Try sudo pkcon refresh force

[GildedRoach]

Seems there is an issue with the metainfo file, this may require patching since the file is from upstream:

appstreamcli validate /usr/share/metainfo/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl.metainfo.xml
I: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl:5: developer-name-tag-deprecated
W: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl:288: invalid-iso8601-date ${heroic-release-date}
I: com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl:~: developer-info-missing

✘ Validation failed: warnings: 1, infos: 2

That's not ideal but since it's just the date that's weird it shouldn't cause this issue.

[MichaelVarvarin]

Try sudo pkcon refresh force

Still nothing. Can you try a fresh VM, since I had no luck there either