<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Richard Hughes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hughsient@gmail.com" target="_blank">hughsient@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 5 November 2013 17:12, Todd <<a href="mailto:toddrjen@gmail.com">toddrjen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> For <project_group/>, I think it would be good to allow arbitrary groups<br>
> rather than limiting it to only a few recognized groups.<br>
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</div>I think restricting it to the desktops specified in the menu-spec makes sense.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It already has non-desktop projects than that (such as "mozilla"). And the description ("<a name="project_group">specific upstream umbrella project") doesn't imply that the "umbrella project" is necessarily tied to a particular desktop environment. <br>
</a></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
> I think it would be good too either have a change log tag or a<br>
> machine-parseable change log spec that would allow app stores to display the<br>
> change log<br>
<br>
</div>Define ChangeLog? You mean what changed between versions?<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, as well as the version number and date, probably.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">
> Regarding mimetypes, I recall there had been some concern over apps that get<br>
> their mimetypes dynamically either at build-time or runtime from other apps<br>
> or libraries. Might this be a good opportunity to find a solution to this?<br>
<br>
</div>In this case you can specify the mimetypes in the desktop file.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, if you know beforehand what mimetypes your application will support. But this isn't always the case.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">
> It might be good to have an email address for the person or mailing list<br>
> responsible for the file.<br>
<br>
</div>That's what <update_contact> is used for.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good to hear. That should probably be added here: <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-AppStream-Metadata.html#sect-AppStream-Metadata-ASXML">http://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-AppStream-Metadata.html#sect-AppStream-Metadata-ASXML</a><br>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
> Screenshots are available, but what about videos?<br>
<br>
</div>Already filed: <a href="https://github.com/hughsie/appdata-tools/issues/9" target="_blank">https://github.com/hughsie/appdata-tools/issues/9</a><br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Okay, good.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
> Does the <id/> tag really need to have the .desktop extension? Can't this<br>
> be specified by the type? So if it is "desktop" type, it can automatically<br>
> add the .desktop extension.<br>
<br>
</div>No, as we'll be supporting other kinds of desktop applications in he<br>
future, e.g. glick2 bundles and that kind of thing.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Couldn't you just set another type for those? Or, if the literal file name is not present, add a .desktop extension? Anyway, although it is present in the example, this should probably be made explicit in the description.<br>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
> For a more extreme question, is there a reason all this information cannot<br>
> just be put into the .desktop file<br>
<br>
</div>You can't put multiline descriptions in a desktop file, or have<br>
multiple screenshots with localized captions, unless you *really*<br>
start to abuse the specification.<br>
<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div></div>The specification can be updated, though, right? Can't new fields and valuetypes be added for those things? It is a choice between extending an existing spec or creating an entirely new one.<br>
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