Inconsistency in extension type of account archive between export and import

In my opinion, it's a bit confusing for the user to save a file and to not be able to load it. Couldn't it be better to force the extension. .jami for example ?

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It should add .gz at the end yes

Even if it's a gz archive, why not to use our own extension (like .jami), making it easier for user to understand it is relative to Jami application and make it easier to filter when displaying the files available to load ?

Why not. I'm not against this point

Having a unique extension like .jami would enable the Jami icon to be shown with the file.

Are other Jami filetypes possible? Jami Plugin .jpl (or should this be Jami Extension .jex), Jami Account .jac, Jami Contact List, Jami Settings?

Perhaps there are code pointers at Add filetype associations for MMEX on Linux.

    <mime-type type="application/x-jac">
        <sub-class-of type="application/x-jami"/>
        <comment>Jami account</comment>
        <glob pattern="*.jac"/>
        <icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
        <generic-icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
    </mime-type>

Thank you

1. Please add icons for Jami accounts and Jami extensions.
2. Please add descriptions for file type, which is translatable.

For example:

1. Money Manager Ex (MMEX) in English locale
   
2. MMEX in Hungarian locale
   

Sample code for Jami account *.jac and Jami extension *.jpl are shown based on inspiration from https://github.com/moneymanagerex/moneymanagerex/blob/master/resources/dist/linux/share/mime/packages/org.moneymanagerex.MMEX.mime.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
    <mime-type type="application/x-jac">
        <sub-class-of type="application/x-jami"/>
        <comment>Jami account</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="de">Jami-Konto</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="fr">Compte Jami</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="hu">Jami-fiók</comment>
        <glob pattern="*.jac"/>
        <icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
        <generic-icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
    </mime-type>
    <mime-type type="application/x-jpl">
        <sub-class-of type="application/x-jami"/>
        <comment>Jami extension</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="de">Jami-Erweiterung</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="fr">Rallonge Jami</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="hu">Jami-bővítés</comment>
        <glob pattern="*.jpl"/>
        <icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
        <generic-icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
    </mime-type>
</mime-info>

Notes:

1. The German (de) and French (fr) are computer translations.
2. *.jpl is a legacy file extension for Jami Plugin. If the file extension for Jami extensions is going to be changed, please update accordingly.

Thank you

Edit: Please see note at #1256 (comment 54006)

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A Jami file extension system should:

1. enable all Jami account and extension files to be saved in one directory/folder should the user wish so.
2. have unique Jami file extensions.
3. be scalable and have distinct file extensions from those currently in use with other programs.

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1. Having the file extension differ for the Desktop (*.jxd) and Android (*.jxa) versions would enable saving the extensions in one location on a user's computer. Additionally the files could be saved in the same directory/folder as Jami accounts (*.jac).

2. Unique file extensions for the same extension (eg. GreenScreen) for different platforms (eg. Desktop, Android, iOS)

From https://jami.net/extensions/

• GreenScreen extension for Desktop could be changed from GreenScreen.jpl to GreenScreen.jxd (Jami eXtension for Desktop).
• GreenScreen extension for Android could be changed from GreenScreen.jpl to GreenScreen.jxa (Jami eXtension for Android).
• If extensions are extended to iOS (which at the time of writing seems very unlikely due to Apple's restriction), the file extension could be *.jxi (Jami eXtension for iOS).

3. File extension summaries for *.jac, *.jxd, *.jxa and *.jxi indicate that these file extensions are categorized under zero distinct file types and/or mainly identified as a Binary Data format.

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Sample code for Jami file extensions based on inspiration from https://github.com/moneymanagerex/moneymanagerex/blob/master/resources/dist/linux/share/mime/packages/org.moneymanagerex.MMEX.mime.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
    <mime-type type="application/x-jac">
        <sub-class-of type="application/x-jami"/>
        <comment>Jami account</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="de">Jami-Konto</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="fr">Compte Jami</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="hu">Jami-fiók</comment>
        <glob pattern="*.jac"/>
        <icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
        <generic-icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
    </mime-type>
    <mime-type type="application/x-jxa">
        <sub-class-of type="application/x-jami"/>
        <comment>Jami Android Extension</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="de">Android-Jami-Erweiterung</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="fr">Extension Android Jami</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="hu">Android Jami-bővítmény</comment>
        <glob pattern="*.jpl"/>
        <icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
        <generic-icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
    </mime-type>
    <mime-type type="application/x-jxd">
        <sub-class-of type="application/x-jami"/>
        <comment>Jami Desktop Extension</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="de">Jami-Desktop-Erweiterung</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="fr">Extension Jami de bureau</comment>
        <comment xml:lang="hu">Asztali Jami-bővítmény</comment>
        <glob pattern="*.jpl"/>
        <icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
        <generic-icon name="net.jami.Jami"/>
    </mime-type>
</mime-info>

Notes:

1. The German (de) and French (fr) are computer translations.
2. Extensions for Thunderbird are *.xpi (XPInstall (Cross-Platform Install)).
3. Code in mime-info lists file extensions in alphabetical order.
4. If possible, adding more translations possible using the translation platform (currently Transifex).

What do you think?

Thank you

Should a new ticket be created for #1256 (comment 47968)? Or is it okay here? Thank you

• https://review.jami.net/c/jami-plugins/+/29482
• https://review.jami.net/c/jami-plugins/+/29727
• https://review.jami.net/c/jami-plugins/+/29728
• https://review.jami.net/c/jami-plugins/+/29731
• https://review.jami.net/c/jami-plugins/+/29732

Unsure how to mention @alexandre.eberhardt, author of the above patches, in this ticket. Any help appreciated.

Thank you once again.

Unsure how to mention @alexandre.eberhardt

Fixed. @aeberhardt

1. Android and Desktop extensions for Jami could be in one file; however, it is often chosen to distribute the plugins separately for Desktop and Android clients to have smaller file sizes.
2. Desktop extensions include multiple architectures (Linux/Windows/macOS) and the extension preferences system is designed around a declarative mechanism to allow a native presentation of extension preferences across various Jami clients/user interfaces.
3. So *.jxd and *.jxa could be one file *.jxu (Jami eXtension Unified).
4. The extension system is a unified format.
5. Unfortunately the "marketing" name for plugins was changed to extensions after years of developing them, and it would be too much work to change everything to extensions.
6. The consensus at the moment is to keep the jpl file extension for now, even if it's not consistent with the UI, most users would manage extensions through the Jami UI.
7. For now, the extension should be *.jpl and the description should be Jami extension as shown below:

Jami account (*.jac)
Jami extension (*.jpl)

added good-first-issue bug labels

removed question label

added question label

mentioned in issue jami-plugins#63 (closed)

marked this issue as related to #1818 (closed)

https://forum.jami.net/t/file-extension-to-save-export-account/2650

https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-qt/+/29335

mentioned in commit a1c2b8ad

https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-android/+/29739

@kkostiuk can you please update iOS account archive from .gz to .jac? Thank you

https://review.jami.net/c/jami-client-ios/+/30015

Thank you

mentioned in commit jami-client-android@9c20ce90

mentioned in commit jami-client-ios@9f8b61c2