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| author | Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> | 2019-08-20 16:03:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> | 2019-08-20 17:07:01 +0200 |
| commit | e17785cd77d17c3deb23e16198ab4652a97706b1 (patch) | |
| tree | ec445ebda42f12041b578f75085809a373d30fae | |
| parent | 768c7cf822c73c9517d248aa6b1279b89db79843 (diff) | |
spec: Mention that sub-class-of can be aliases
As implemented in Qt:
https://codereview.qt-project.org/242601
| -rw-r--r-- | shared-mime-info-spec.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/shared-mime-info-spec.xml b/shared-mime-info-spec.xml index c9e5136..f0a6fe3 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> |