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| − | = Extension description file =</noinclude>
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| − | An extension description file is a text file with <code>s4ext</code> extension allowing to specify metadata associated with an [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Description|extension]].
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| − | * A metadata is specified using a keyword followed by at least one spaces and the associated value.
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| − | * Multiline value are not supported.
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| − | * Empty line are ignored
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| − | * Line starting with a <code>#</code> will be considered as comment.
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| − | The following code block illustrates how comments, metadata and associated value can be specified:
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| − | <pre>
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| − | # This is a comment
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| − | metadataname This is the value associated with 'metadataname'
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| − | # This is an other comment
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| − | anothermetadata This is the value associated with 'anothermetadata'
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| − | </pre>
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| − | == Supported metadata ==
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| − | <table class="alternate">
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <th>Name</th>
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| − | <th>Description</th>
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| − | <th>Mandatory</th>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>scm</code></td>
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| − | <td>Source code management system: <code>git</code> or <code>svn</code></td>
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| − | <td>[[File:Yes_check.png|16px]]</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>scmurl</code></td>
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| − | <td>Read-only url used to checkout the extension source code</td>
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| − | <td>[[File:Yes_check.png|16px]]</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>svnusername</code></td>
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| − | <td>Allow to specify username associated with <code>svn</code> checkout</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>svnpassword</code></td>
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| − | <td>Allow to specify password associated with <code>svn</code> checkout</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>scmrevision</code></td>
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| − | <td>Revision allowing to checkout the expected source code</td>
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| − | <td>[[File:Yes_check.png|16px]]</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>depends</code></td>
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| − | <td>List of extensions required to build this extension. Specify <code>"NA"</code> if there are no dependency.</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td><code>build_subdirectory</code></td>
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| − | <td>Name of the inner build directory in case of superbuild based extension. Default to <code>.</code></td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>homepage</code></td>
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| − | <td>Url of the web page describing the extension. See note [1] reported below.</td>
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| − | <td>[[File:Yes_check.png|16px]]</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td><code>contributors</code></td>
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| − | <td>Extension contributor specified as <br><code>Firstname1 Lastname1 ([SubOrg1, ]Org1), Firstname2 Lastname2 ([SubOrg2, ]Org2)</code></td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>category</code></td>
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| − | <td>Extension category</td>
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| − | <td>[[File:Yes_check.png|16px]]</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>iconurl</code></td>
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| − | <td>Url to an icon (png, size 128x128 pixels). See note [1] reported below.</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td><code>description</code></td>
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| − | <td>One line describing what is the purpose of the extension</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>screenshoturls</code></td>
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| − | <td>Space separated list of urls to images. See note [1] reported below.</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td><code>enabled</code></td>
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| − | <td><code>1</code> or <code>0</code> - Specify if the extension should be enabled after its installation. Default is <code>1</code></td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | </table>
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| − | [1] Parameter like <code>&foo=bar</code> are not supported. Use an url shortener.
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| − | == Partially supported metadata ==
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| − | <table class="alternate">
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <th>Name</th>
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| − | <th>Description</th>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <tr>
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| − | <td><code>status</code></td>
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| − | <td>Give people an idea what to expect from this code</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | </table>
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