The Minion.xml file contains the addons installed as information (version, last updated etc.).
e.g.
Code:
<addon md5="e12b62b9c9a781078af64a19a1a7d51d" ui-version="2.1" uid="477">
<dirs>
<dir>AddonProfiles</dir>
</dirs>
</addon>
<addon md5="165aa56ee2ed332ab0ff56157c7f22b2" ui-version="0.5a" uid="1012">
<dirs>
<dir>AFK</dir>
</dirs>
</addon>
But it also contains other minion settings etc.
So if you share the whole file the recipient at least needs to change some folder etc. as the Game's folder is stored in teh xml as well.
So this will most probably kill Minion at the recipient.
But he can have a look into it and extract EACH entry with "<addon .. </addon>" and got a list of all your installed addons then.