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[Gerry Boland <gerry.boland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon 12 Aug 2013 03:12:07 CEST, Ted Gould wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I know that basically the App ID format is this:
>
>   $(pkg)_$(app)_$(version)
>
> But what I haven't seen is a formal definition of things like which
> characters are allowed in each section.  Does such a thing exist?  I'm
> guessing everyone has coded different implementation of that check, we
> should probably make sure that they align.

Since we want the .desktop file name to have the format 
"$(pkg)_$(app)_$(version).desktop" that will limit the character set a 
little. But that's the only restriction I'm aware of. A proper spec 
would be great.
-G