From 6c44bff78b8e9e745ca8b1ba4faefdee200aca2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans-Christoph Steiner Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 13:49:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] make note of JSON, XML, and YAML in the manual --- docs/fdroid.texi | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/fdroid.texi b/docs/fdroid.texi index 3ac3927c..ac79fde5 100644 --- a/docs/fdroid.texi +++ b/docs/fdroid.texi @@ -445,8 +445,10 @@ the APK files in the repo directory, and the metadata files in the metadata directory. @end enumerate -The metadata files are simple, easy to edit text files, always named as the -application's package ID with '.txt' appended. +The original metadata files are simple, easy to edit text files, +always named as the application's package ID with '.txt' appended. +Additionally, you can use JSON, XML, or YAML for app metadata, using +the same fields as the original '.txt' format. Note that although the metadata files are designed to be easily read and writable by humans, they are also processed and written by various scripts. -- 2.30.2