On Fri, 2025-01-17 at 13:37 -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote: > On Friday, January 17, 2025 12:26:52 PM MST Phil Wyett wrote: > > On Fri, 2025-01-17 at 11:42 -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote: > > > On Friday, January 17, 2025 10:03:21 AM MST Soren Stoutner wrote: > > > > Appsream file name: Use reverse domain name notation appended by > > > > .appdata.xml. ID: Use the same reverse domain name notation. > > > > > > A review of the documentation taught me that .appdata.xml is deprecated > (but > > > it will still work) and the recommended suffix is now .metainfo.xml. > > > > > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html#spec > > > -> > component-location > > Hi Soren, > > > > IN this case and for others reviewing the docs[1] and using the > > specification > > is best. I have done this with rednotebook over the years, though upstream > > does not want rDNS naming. > > Where do you see that upstream does not want rDNS naming? They docs I am > reading explicitly say it is required. > > “Upstream projects can ship one or more metainfo files in > /usr/share/metainfo/% > {id}.metainfo.xml, where id is a unique identifier of this specific > component.” > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html#spec-component-location > > “The ID must follow a reverse-DNS scheme, consisting of {tld}.{vendor}. > {product}, for example org.kde.gwenview or com.hugski.colorhug2. Ownership of > {vendor}.{tld} in the domain name system guarantees uniqueness of IDs.” > > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html#tag-id-generic >
Soren, For rednotebook the application name is used for the ID and .desktop file. It did previously did give a lintian warning until appstream in Debian went nuts, but upstream is not willing to make all other associated changes. It is his choice, so I am fine with it. It works fine. It may become a necessary in the future for upstream to make the move, but until then I go with his wishes. Regards Phil -- Donations... Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kathenasorg -- "I play the game for the game’s own sake" Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans -- Internet Relay Chat (IRC): kathenas Website: https://kathenas.org Instagram: https://instagram.com/kathenasorg Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kathenasorg --
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