Developer Documentation

Developer Documentation

• APKBUILD Reference
• Package policies
• Alpine Release Testing Checklist
• Installing Alpine on a virtual machine
• How to make a custom ISO image
• Alpine Package Testing Suite Work in progress

Git

• Development using git
• Development using git with write access
• Migrate SVN to Git

Alpine 'edge' build system

• General_description_of_the_build_system
• Setting up the build environment (Lists the available build doc's)
  • Setting_up_the_build_environment_on_HDD (Alpine on HDD)
  • Setting_up_the_build_environment_in_chroot (In a chroot environment)
• Creating an Alpine package

Alpine Configuration Framework

• Alpine Configuration Framework Design (Why ACF is the way it is)
• Writing User Documentation for ACF
• mvc.lua reference - mvc.lua is the core of ACF
• mvc.lua example - build a simple (command-line) application
• acf www-controller reference - ACF www application functions
• acf www-controller example - webify the above examples
• ACF how to write - Step by step howto for writing acfs
• ACF core principles - Things that are standard across the application
• LPOSIX - Documentation for the Lua Posix functions
• ACF Libraries - Document the libraries and common functions
• Writing ACF Views - Guide for writing a view
• Writing ACF Controllers - Guide for writing a controller
• Writing ACF Models - Guide for writing a model

Misc. References

• http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/nwp/external/fcm/doc/user_guide/working_practices.html - Some guidelines on use of Trac and SVN

Obsolete docs

• Setting_up_the_build_environment_1.9
• Setting up the build environment 1.7
• Newbie Guide to Building an apk
• Creating patches