From: Ciaran Gultnieks Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:42:06 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Improved donate link documentation X-Git-Tag: 0.1~801 X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e947f87fc7aee96b877c8a4a82ace01bdc20995d;p=fdroidserver.git Improved donate link documentation --- diff --git a/docs/fdroid.texi b/docs/fdroid.texi index 1d123590..c7d73a60 100644 --- a/docs/fdroid.texi +++ b/docs/fdroid.texi @@ -522,8 +522,15 @@ applications have one. @cindex Donate -The URL to donate to the project. This could be the project's donate page -if it has one, or perhaps even a direct PayPal link. +The URL to donate to the project. This should be the project's donate page +if it has one. + +It is possible to use a direct PayPal link here, if that is all that is +available. However, bear in mind that the developer may not be aware of +that direct link, and if they later changed to a different PayPal account, +or the PayPal link format changed, things could go wrong. It is always +best to use a link that the developer explicitly makes public, rather than +something that is auto-generated 'button code'. @node FlattrID @section FlattrID