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</a>4.3.1. Guidelines for distributors</h3></div></div></div><div class="para">
Distributors of projects with AppStream metadata perform an important role by making the software available to more people. There are a few guidelines distributors should follow in order for software centers to present the correct information to users.
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</a>4.3.2. Guidelines for distributors</h3></div></div></div><div class="para">
A binary package that contains AppStream desktop metadata (<a class="xref" href="sect-Metadata-Application.html">Section 2.2, “Desktop Applications”</a>) must also contain both the .desktop file for the application and the application itself.
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A binary package must not contain more than one AppStream metadata file. The one exception is that it is permissable for a binary package that is extended by addons to include those addons (<a class="xref" href="sect-Metadata-Addon.html">Section 2.6, “Addons”</a>) and their AppStream metadata files. Note that users will be unable to remove those addons separately.
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Except for the extended package, no other package may contain more than one Appstream addon metadata file.
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