Re: MIME type for PDB files.
Am Mittwoch, den 16.01.2008, 08:54 +0900 schrieb Charles Plessy:
> Le Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:28:24PM +0100, Daniel Leidert a écrit :
[..]
> > Well, I personally think, that we should *not* try to detect all broken
> > formats, because companies/authors should better fix their software. So
> > I try to make a compromise between the detection of a file with a broken
> > format and broken files that are "broken too much".
>
> OK, then lines such as the following could be removed:
>
> <match type="string" value="COMPND " offset="0"/>
> <match type="string" value="CRYST1 " offset="0"/>
> <match type="string" value="DBREF " offset="0"/>
Yes for DBREF, no for the other (that's the compromise :)). This is the
latest version:
http://chemical-mime.sourceforge.net/chemical-mime-data.html#id2254650
I found all of the mentioned fields in PDB files at the beginning. So
I've chosen to search for these fields at the beginning too, but not for
all possible fields.
[warnings by update-mime-database]
> > Or just output a warning once or do not output warnings for "x-"
> > prefixed primary types (which would allow us to use x-chemical and add
> > aliases to chemical/).
>
> Sure. Not being a C programmer, I can not propose a patch for this.
There is a related entry in the fd.o bug-tracker.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335. Maybe I get a
reaction.
Will read the rest of your mail tomorrow.
Regards, Daniel
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