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[Matias Bordese <matias.bordese@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Martin Albisetti <
martin.albisetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Ted Gould <ted@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Matias, could you tell us what the current rules are for the server side?
>
>
Right now, the package namespace and package name are allowed to be
composed of letters, numbers, dots and hyphens; version is required to be
formed by numbers and dots (and greater on each update).
It should be easy to update the restrictions as needed.