From 4537dceb743d010fd79b59b29c6ad9ab3b7dc950 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Klumpp Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 02:47:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Recommend using rDNS strings as developer-ID --- docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml b/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml index 77e7a76e..9e7af224 100644 --- a/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml +++ b/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml @@ -1168,8 +1168,8 @@ The <developer/> element is designed to represent the developers or project responsible for development of the project described in the metadata. - The element should have a id property, containing a unique ID to identify the respective developer. It is recommended to use a web URL, - like gnome.org as ID to achieve a higher chance of uniqueness. + The element should have a id property, containing a unique ID to identify the respective developer. It is recommended to use a reverse-DNS + name, like org.gnome or com.github.ximion, as ID to achieve a higher chance of uniqueness. Every developer element must have a name tag as child, which contains a translatable name for the