User:Ganwell/mistakes

Constrib mistakes

! These are just my notes. Please read the official guidelines.

Style

• Use tabs

• Order of functions: prepare, build, check, package (the order they are executed)

• No empty variables

• Set Contributor and Maintainer

• Commit message repo/package: X
  • X: new apk
  • X: upgrade to Y
  • X: [other changes]

• Shell: quote variables

• Rebase your changes

Packages

• Set pkgrel to 0 when when pkgver is increased

• Else bump pkgrel to trigger rebuild

• Only add very common or required dependencies

• Use post-install rarely, don't use it for anything that can be done during package()

• New packages go to testing first

• Use spdx license names: https://spdx.org/licenses/

• Dependencies
  • main pacakges may only depend on main packages
  • community packages may only depend on main/community package

Testing

• Test APKBUILD against edge, not current

• Make sure the software actually works

Build

• No downloads during build (is already prevented)

Languages

• Don't use language-package managers (npm, pip, cabal): the build has to be reproducible