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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    D10920: Install app metadata for plasmoidviewer and plasmaengineexplorer
From:       Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <noreply () phabricator ! kde ! org>
Date:       2018-02-28 21:13:59
Message-ID: 20180228211359.1.782CDF50E6AACDBB () phabricator ! kde ! org
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  In D10920#215888 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D10920#215888>, @ngraham wrote:
  
  > Well the docs show you how an AppStream ID is to be constructed, and there's no \
mention of `.desktop`. I've had conversations with Matthias Klumpp, the AppStream \
maintainer, and he's indicated that my impression is accurate (and I believe he's \
said the validator will get much more strict in an upcoming major version).  
  
  While there is no direct mention of a `.desktop`, there is some description about \
adding a type:  
  > To increase the uniqueness and to distinguish between different pieces of a \
software suite, it is suggested to append the type name to the component-id in these \
cases. For example, one can use com.hugski.ColorHug2 for the client tools to control \
hardware, and com.hugski.ColorHug2.firmware for the runtime firmware files.  
  So why would you think that `.desktop` is not the type name as mentioned there? Any \
chance you can point to the relevant conversations?

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  https://phabricator.kde.org/D10920

To: kossebau, sebas, mart, broulik, ngraham
Cc: ngraham, plasma-devel, ZrenBot, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, jensreuterberg, abetts, \
sebas, apol, mart


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<div style="font-style: normal;
          padding-bottom: 4px;">In <a \
href="https://phabricator.kde.org/D10920#215888" style="background-color: #e7e7e7;  \
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          color: black;text-decoration: none;" rel="noreferrer">D10920#215888</a>, <a \
href="https://phabricator.kde.org/p/ngraham/" style="  border-color: #f1f7ff;
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<div style="margin: 0;
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          color: rgb(107, 116, 140);"><p>Well the docs show you how an AppStream ID \
is to be constructed, and there&#039;s no mention of <tt style="background: #ebebeb; \
font-size: 13px;">.desktop</tt>. I&#039;ve had conversations with Matthias Klumpp, \
the AppStream maintainer, and he&#039;s indicated that my impression is accurate (and \
I believe he&#039;s said the validator will get much more strict in an upcoming major \
version).</p></div> </blockquote>

<p>While there is no direct mention of a <tt style="background: #ebebeb; font-size: \
13px;">.desktop</tt>, there is some description about adding a type:</p>

<blockquote style="border-left: 3px solid #a7b5bf; color: #464c5c; font-style: \
italic; margin: 4px 0 12px 0; padding: 4px 12px; background-color: #f8f9fc;"><p>To \
increase the uniqueness and to distinguish between different pieces of a software \
suite, it is suggested to append the type name to the component-id in these cases. \
For example, one can use com.hugski.ColorHug2 for the client tools to control \
hardware, and com.hugski.ColorHug2.firmware for the runtime firmware \
files.</p></blockquote>

<p>So why would you think that <tt style="background: #ebebeb; font-size: \
13px;">.desktop</tt> is not the type name as mentioned there? Any chance you can \
point to the relevant conversations?</p></div></div><br \
/><div><strong>REPOSITORY</strong><div><div>R118 Plasma SDK</div></div></div><br \
/><div><strong>REVISION DETAIL</strong><div><a \
href="https://phabricator.kde.org/D10920" \
rel="noreferrer">https://phabricator.kde.org/D10920</a></div></div><br \
/><div><strong>To: </strong>kossebau, sebas, mart, broulik, ngraham<br /><strong>Cc: \
</strong>ngraham, plasma-devel, ZrenBot, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, jensreuterberg, \
abetts, sebas, apol, mart<br /></div>



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