Note: latest version of this file is at:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/blob/master/HACKING.md
A few ground rules for people interested in adding new mime-types.
* Mime-types used should be IANA registered mime-types when possible
* When old mime-types become registered, the new definition should
include an alias for the old mime-type
* New entries or modifications should include a test case (see below)
* Mime-types/file formats proprietary to one application should only
be added to a private .xml file and be bundled with the application
itself
* Magic offset must be as small as possible. For example, the worst case
scenario for ISO images is 32k inside the file. This is too big for a sniff
buffer, especially on remote locations. Avoid those.
* No commits should be done that break the test suite, or the test suite
test in question should be amended, and reason for the changes clearly
documented in the commit message
Translations
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Translations should go through Transifex.com, and the freedesktop.org team:
http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/shared-mime-info/
Filing bugs
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Bugs can be filed at:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/issues
Merge requests are required for new mime-types and should include one or
more test files to be added to the test suite.
Test suite
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You need to have xdgmime checked out [1] and compiled. By default, the build
system will expect the source directory to be in the shared-mime-info
directory. `./xdgmime/src/test-mime-data` will be run against
`tests/mime-detection/list`. An alternate path to xdgmime can be passed by
using the `xdgmime-path` meson option such as `-Dxdgmime-path=/path/to/xdgmime`.
The format of the file is:
`<testcase filename> <expected mime-type> <expected failures>`
The expected failures is whether matching the file with the mime-type would
fail when matched by file, data or name. "x" indicates expected failure, "o"
indicates expected success. Trailing "o"s can be omitted.
See the top of the `tests/mime-detection/list` file for syntax details.
You can also temporarily print the results of `test-mime-data` by putting your
test files in the `staging-tests/` sub-directory.
[1]: Repository details at:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdgmime
Releasing
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- Run `ninja shared-mime-info-pot`, `./po/check_translations.sh` and
`./po/update_translations.sh` before release
- Commit and push to shared-mime-info gitlab
- Update version number in `meson.build`
- Add changelog to `NEWS`
- Commit, tag and push
Updating the spec on the website
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- update https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/blob/master/web-export/specs.idx
