Clarify that an app can own its app-id as subname of MPRIS bus

flatpak · Nov 7, 2023 · c8e7b8d · c8e7b8d
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diff --git a/doc/flatpak-metadata.xml b/doc/flatpak-metadata.xml
@@ -721,12 +721,14 @@
  </para>
  <para>
  The default policy for the session bus only allows the
- application to own its own application ID and
- subnames. For instance if the app is called
- "org.my.App", it can only own "org.my.App" and
- "org.my.App.*". Its also only allowed to talk to the
- bus itself (org.freedesktop.DBus) and the portal APIs
- APIs (bus names of the form org.freedesktop.portal.*).
+ application to own its own application ID, its
+ subnames and its own application id as a subname of 
+ "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2". For instance if the app is called
+ "org.my.App", it can only own "org.my.App", "org.my.App.*"
+ and "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.org.my.App".
+ It is only allowed to talk to names matching those patterns, plus
+ the bus itself (org.freedesktop.DBus)
+ and the portal APIs (bus names of the form org.freedesktop.portal.*).
  </para>
  <para>
  Additionally the app is always allowed to reply to