Add release notes, NEWS file, automatic metainfo update

NEWS

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Version 1.9.3
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2019-05-04
+
+Bugfixes:
+ * Fixes a problem with the session sidebar getting out of sync
+   after having deleted a session. See issues #1680, #1637 and #1699.
+
+Version 1.9.1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2019-03-17
+
+Bugfixes:
+ * Remove app menu for gnome 3.32
+ * Update icon
+ * Minor fixes
+
+Version 1.8.9
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2019-01-06
+
+Bugfixes:
+ * Small release to update localizations
+ * Update to GtkD 3.8.5 to fix library name in GtkD.
+
+Version 1.8.7
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2019-01-03
+
+Notes:
+ * Some new features and bug fixes.

RELEASE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Tilix Release Notes
+===================
+
+1. Ensure `master` branch is up to date (`git pull`)
+
+2. Manually write NEWS entries for Tilix in the same format as usual.
+
+`git shortlog 1.9.3.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new`
+
+```
+Version 1.9.4
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2021-xx-xx
+
+Notes:
+
+Features:
+
+Bugfixes:
+```
+
+3. Run `extract-strings.sh` script
+
+4. Commit l10n changes to Git
+
+5. Commit NEWS and other changes to Git, tag release:
+```
+git commit -a -m "Release version 1.9.4"
+git tag -s -f -m "Release 1.9.4" 1.9.4 <gpg password>
+git push --tags
+git push
+```
+
+6. Make release for the new tag in GitHub
+
+7. Do post-release version bump in `meson.build`, `source/gx/tilix/constants.d` and `RELEASE.md`
+
+8. Commit trivial changes:
+```
+git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump"
+git push
+```

data/meson.build

@@ -33,18 +33,26 @@ if desktop_file_validate.found()
   )
 endif
 
+# Merge release information into MetaInfo file
+tilix_metainfo_name = '@[email protected]'.format(project_id)
+appstreamcli = find_program('appstreamcli')
+metainfo_with_releases = custom_target('metainfo-news-merge',
+    input : ['../NEWS', 'metainfo/@[email protected]'.format(tilix_metainfo_name)],
+    output : ['untranslated-@[email protected]'.format(project_id)],
+    command : [appstreamcli, 'news-to-metainfo', '--limit=6', '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@', '@OUTPUT@']
+)
+
 # Install the MetaInfo file
 metainfo_file = i18n.merge_file(
-    '@[email protected]'.format(project_id),
-    output: '@BASENAME@',
-    input: 'metainfo/@[email protected]'.format(project_id),
+    tilix_metainfo_name,
+    output: tilix_metainfo_name,
+    input: metainfo_with_releases,
     po_dir: meson.source_root() / 'po',
     install: true,
     install_dir: datadir / 'metainfo'
 )
 
 # Validate MetaInfo file
-appstreamcli = find_program('appstreamcli', required: false)
 if appstreamcli.found()
   test (
     'Validate metainfo file',

data/metainfo/com.gexperts.Tilix.appdata.xml.in

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
   <translation type="gettext">tilix</translation>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">com.gexperts.Tilix.desktop</launchable>
-  <developer_name>Gerald Nunn</developer_name>
+  <developer_name its:localeFilterType="exclude">Gerald Nunn</developer_name>
 
   <provides>
     <binary>tilix</binary>

extract-strings.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
 DOMAIN=tilix
 BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)
 OUTPUT_FILE=${BASEDIR}/po/${DOMAIN}.pot
@@ -41,22 +43,27 @@ xgettext \
   --language=Desktop \
   ${BASEDIR}/data/pkg/desktop/com.gexperts.Tilix.desktop.in
 
+TMP_METAINFO_FILE=${BASEDIR}/data/metainfo/com.gexperts.Tilix.appdata.xml.rel.in
+appstreamcli news-to-metainfo ${BASEDIR}/NEWS \
+  ${BASEDIR}/data/metainfo/com.gexperts.Tilix.appdata.xml.in \
+  ${TMP_METAINFO_FILE}
 xgettext \
   --join-existing \
   --output $OUTPUT_FILE \
   --default-domain=$DOMAIN \
   --package-name=$DOMAIN \
   --directory=$BASEDIR \
   --foreign-user \
-  --language=metainfo \
-  ${BASEDIR}/data/appdata/com.gexperts.Tilix.appdata.xml.in
+  --language=appdata \
+  ${TMP_METAINFO_FILE}
+rm -f ${TMP_METAINFO_FILE}
 
 # Merge the messages with existing po files
 echo "Merging with existing translations... "
 for file in ${BASEDIR}/po/*.po
 do
   echo -n $file
-  msgmerge --update $file $OUTPUT_FILE
+  msgmerge -F --update $file $OUTPUT_FILE
 done
 
 echo "Updating LINGUAS file..."