[SailfishDevel] Update on application naming for Harbour applications

Marcin M. marmistrzmar at gmail.com
Fri Nov 22 14:40:41 UTC 2013


Well, seems strange 2 me too.

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Marcin


2013/11/22 Andrey Kozhevnikov <coderusinbox at gmail.com>

> really?
>
> harbour-org.coderus.application
>
> how domain.organization.application naming can clash with device packages?
>
> why?
>
>
> On 22.11.2013 20:32, Robin Burchell wrote:
>
>> Ahoy,
>>
>> In Iekku’s mail yesterday, we referred to application names needing to
>> use a “dotted” form (e.g. com.example.myapp). It was brought to our
>> attention that this isn’t factually possible at this time due to
>> limitations in Qt Creator/qmake, so we’re unfortunately forced due to time
>> limitations - so as to not inconvenience you developers - to change plans.
>>
>> The new requirement is that application names must start with a prefix of
>> “harbour-“.
>>
>> The reason (if it wasn’t clear) for this requirement is so that
>> applications do not clash with other installed packages on the device.
>>
>> We’re very sorry for the confusion. Thanks for understanding. Should you
>> have any questions on this or anything else, feel free to send an e-mail as
>> always!
>>
>> P.S. We’ll be launching a FAQ explaining this (and other store
>> requirements) in detail early next week, unless anything unforeseen crops
>> up.
>>
>> Happy hacking,
>> The Jolla Crew
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