psygreg/linuxtoys 7.2.1

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This builds upon release 7.2. To see everything new it brought to you, check its changelog.

Features

• ODRS integration: now able to fetch review scores for apps and give a further refined experience using those. You can also submit reviews now - as usual in a LinuxToys-fashioned simplified way - so everyone can contribute to improve the suggestions even further!

While the review score is only displayed in the app pages to keep the UI clean and comfortable, it is taken into consideration by LinuxToys' internal scoring algorythm when sorting the apps in the menus and the featured section.

UI/UX

• Smart Search: you can now search for developer names, and search for 'linuxtoys' to see the curated picks and exclusive offers
• featured sections now only display apps that have 3.5 star or better review score, being more likely to display higher scored apps

Backend

• containers now have their own appstream cache and registry subset, improving the experience if you wish to use LinuxToys to manage your containers as well as your host system
• now picks the optimally sized screenshot for the current viewer size
• appstream catalog is now fetched by delta, allowing for faster syncs and smaller downloads

Fixes

• fix: lib function typo
• fix: prevent child script from call_script to inherit parent APP_ID, which would cause issues automatically updating git-fetched apps
• fix: zypper packages now tracked from proper XML output - big thanks to the LyraOS team for the tip!
• fix: categories now displayed as intended in search results
• fix: icons for app page headers no longer missing on Arch
• fix: edge case appstream catalog sync error
• fixed #1336