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Naming scheme: Why does flatpak use long, non-intuitiv application names (Application ID)? #1480

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heis2201 opened this issue Mar 9, 2018 · 2 comments
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Naming scheme: Why does flatpak use long, non-intuitiv application names (Application ID)? #1480

heis2201 opened this issue Mar 9, 2018 · 2 comments
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heis2201 commented Mar 9, 2018 •
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Hi,
I was wondering why flatpak is not using simplified package names or IDs as in distros' packages. If all flatpak apps are starting with an org, why not leave it out? Why have duplicate words in one ID? (example: org.nextcloud.Nextcloud, org.geany.Geany, ...)? Why not use a short, unique name? (example: nextcloud, geany, anydesk, ...)

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TingPing commented Mar 9, 2018 •
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We need to get this into docs somewhere but basically this: flathub/org.filezillaproject.Filezilla#1 (comment)

tl;dr it has to have unique exports, dbus is a big factor on what it must be named.

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heis2201 commented Mar 9, 2018

Thanks for your quick reply and the information provided. Sorry for misusing the issue tracker as an ask forum.

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