Fix get_resource_path to work with python eggs, move appdata xml file to src so flatpak can see it, reduce python dependencies, and update release docs

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/desktop/src/onionshare/gui_common.py b/desktop/src/onionshare/gui_common.py
index a51e2641..7a32f8ec 100644
--- a/desktop/src/onionshare/gui_common.py
+++ b/desktop/src/onionshare/gui_common.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import os
 import inspect
 import shutil
+from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 
 from . import strings
 from onionshare_cli.onion import Onion
@@ -367,8 +368,4 @@ class GuiCommon:
         """
         Returns the absolute path of a resource
         """
-        resources_path = os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe()))),
-            "resources",
-        )
-        return os.path.join(resources_path, filename)
+        return resource_filename("onionshare", os.path.join("resources", filename))