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authorBastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>2019-08-20 16:03:56 +0200
committerBastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>2019-08-20 16:25:06 +0200
commit21487a3f302fcae51eededdfa695e2f776747205 (patch)
tree1caeef955c8777ed1c01343e35d86a435feaad15
parent3fe756208bee41a853b8421f0c12b952e4d95f12 (diff)
downloadshared-mime-info-21487a3f302fcae51eededdfa695e2f776747205.tar.gz
spec: Mention that sub-class-of can be aliases
As implemented in Qt: https://codereview.qt-project.org/242601
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diff --git a/shared-mime-info-spec.xml b/shared-mime-info-spec.xml
index c9e51362..f0a6fe39 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info-spec.xml
+++ b/shared-mime-info-spec.xml
@@ -880,6 +880,11 @@ information cannot be represented statically; instead an application
interested in this information should run all of the magic rules, and
use the list of types returned as the subclasses.
</para>
+ <para>
+Note that it is possible for a mime-type to be a <userinput>sub-class-of</userinput>
+an alias, for example if a temporary vendor mime-type is replaced by an official IANA
+mime-type.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Recommended checking order</title>