On 5 November 2013 17:12, Todd <toddr...@gmail.com> wrote: > For <project_group/>, I think it would be good to allow arbitrary groups > rather than limiting it to only a few recognized groups.
I think restricting it to the desktops specified in the menu-spec makes sense. > I think it would be good too either have a change log tag or a > machine-parseable change log spec that would allow app stores to display the > change log Define ChangeLog? You mean what changed between versions? > Regarding mimetypes, I recall there had been some concern over apps that get > their mimetypes dynamically either at build-time or runtime from other apps > or libraries. Might this be a good opportunity to find a solution to this? In this case you can specify the mimetypes in the desktop file. > It might be good to have an email address for the person or mailing list > responsible for the file. That's what <update_contact> is used for. > Screenshots are available, but what about videos? Already filed: https://github.com/hughsie/appdata-tools/issues/9 > Does the <id/> tag really need to have the .desktop extension? Can't this > be specified by the type? So if it is "desktop" type, it can automatically > add the .desktop extension. No, as we'll be supporting other kinds of desktop applications in he future, e.g. glick2 bundles and that kind of thing. > For a more extreme question, is there a reason all this information cannot > just be put into the .desktop file You can't put multiline descriptions in a desktop file, or have multiple screenshots with localized captions, unless you *really* start to abuse the specification. Richard.
