id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
22609	Gimp: Appstream seems to be required	thomas	Joe Locash	"{{{
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Run-time dependency pango found: YES 1.57.0
Run-time dependency pangocairo found: YES 1.57.0
Run-time dependency pangoft2 found: YES 1.57.0
Run-time dependency librsvg-2.0 found: YES 2.61.3
Did not find CMake 'cmake'
Found CMake: NO
Run-time dependency appstream found: NO (tried pkgconfig)

../meson.build:619:12: ERROR: Dependency ""appstream"" not found, tried pkgconfig

A full log can be found at /mnt/tmp/gimp/source/gimp-3.0.6/gimp-build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
}}}

Book says appstream is optional for one test, but with instructions provided in the book, the meson setup fails when appstream isn't available.
"	defect	closed	normal	13.0	BOOK	git	medium	fixed