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<p>RushFuture: /* Package Names */ add notes for kernel packagers</p> <hr /> <div>The Alpine Linux Package Policies describe some of the policies when creating packages.<br /> <br /> == Package Names ==<br /> * All package names should be lowercase.<br /> * Development files are placed in subpackages with ''-dev'' suffix (i.e uclibc-dev)<br /> * Documentation files (incl. man pages) are placed in subpackages with ''-doc'' suffix (i.e expat-doc)<br /> * Lua modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''lua-''. (i.e lua-posix)<br /> * Perl modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''perl-''. (i.e perl-xml-parser)<br /> * Python modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''py-''. (i.e py-libxml2)<br /> * Kernels and 3rdparty modules should be suffixed with the kernel flavor. (i.e ''-grsec'' or ''-vserver'').<br /> # Don't use ''-'' sign in kernel flavor name.<br /> # Specify ''KERNEL_FLAVOR_DEFAULT'' as your kernel flavor, if you want boot your kernel by default.<br /> <br /> == Package versions ==<br /> * Package versions are similar to gentoo.<br /> <br /> == Licensing ==<br /> * The license of the program should be based on the licenses approved by the [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses Free Software Foundation] or [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ OSI].<br /> * If you are unsure about the license, please ask in our [[IRC]] channel.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Development]]</div>

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