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conventions: Add a note that composing does not work with extra-data
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bbhtt committed May 6, 2024
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Exporting through extra-data
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.. note::

Note, that when creating a Flatpak package for a software store like
Flathub or when composing the metadata with appstreamcli, desktop files
and icons must not be placed in ``/app/extra/export/`` and instead
should go to the proper locations documented above.

Files downloaded through ``extra-data`` are only downloaded when installing, as such they aren't yet available for ``flatpak-builder`` to automatically export during the build process.

When using ``extra-data``, place any files that must be exported under this location::
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