[Debichem-devel] [Debichem-commits] r755 - in /wnpp/bkchem/debian: bkchem.desktop bkchem.mime changelog rules

[LI Daobing]

Hello,

I need a tutorial on how to deal with the mimetype in debian package.

On 10/8/07, Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam at gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 07.10.2007, 22:13 +0000 schrieb LI Daobing:
> > Author: lidaobing-guest
> > Date: Sun Oct  7 22:13:32 2007
> > New Revision: 755
> >
> > URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debichem/?sc=1&rev=755
> > Log:
> >   * add mime support:
> >     + debain/bkchem.mime: added
>
> Uh. This is GNOME <= 2.4 stuff. Please drop it. It makes sense to
> support the KDE 3 system, as long as Debian ships KDE 3. But GNOME <=
> 2.4 stuff IMO is not necessary.
>
> >     + debian/rules: add dh_installmime
>
> dh_installmime doesn't handle this kind of MIME support files. It
> handles the metamail (/etc/mailcap) and the shared-mime-info database
> (/usr/share/mime/) databases, not the GNOME <=2.4 MIME support system
> (/usr/share/mime-info).



>
> >     + debian/bkchem.desktop: add mime part
> [snip]
> > +MimeType=image/svg+xml;application/x-cdml+xml;
>
> What is application/x-cdml+xml? This format is not defined
> in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml nor the legacy
> gnome-mime-data package.
>
> > +image/svg+xml
> > +       ext: svg svgz
>
> This is already defined in /usr/share/mime-info/gnome-vfs.mime. Even if
> you want to ship the file, pleaes drop this entry.
>
> > +application/x-cdml+xml
> > +       ext: cdml cdgz
>
> As I already said, I don't know this type.

How to define a new type?

-- 
LI Daobing