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== Package Names ==
== Package Names ==
* All package names should be lowercase.
* All package names should be lowercase.
* Development files are placed in subpackages with ''-dev'' suffix (i.e uclibc-dev)
* Development files are placed in subpackages with ''-dev'' suffix (e.g. uclibc-dev)
* Documentation files (incl. man pages) are placed in subpackages with ''-doc'' suffix (i.e expat-doc)
* Documentation files (incl. man pages) are placed in subpackages with ''-doc'' suffix (e.g. expat-doc)
* Lua modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''lua-''. (i.e lua-posix)
* Lua modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''lua-''. (e.g. lua-posix)
* Perl modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''perl-''. (i.e perl-xml-parser)
* Perl modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''perl-''. (e.g. perl-xml-parser)
* Python 2 modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''py2-''. (i.e py2-libxml2)
* Python 2 modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''py2-''. (e.g. py2-libxml2)
* [[TODO:py3 packages|Python 3]] modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''py3-''. (i.e py3-libxml2)
* [[TODO:py3 packages|Python 3]] modules (not applications) are prefixed with ''py3-''. (e.g. py3-libxml2)
* Kernels and third party modules should be suffixed with the kernel flavor. (i.e ''-grsec'' or ''-vserver'').
* Kernels and third party modules should be suffixed with the kernel flavor. (e.g., ''-grsec'', ''-vserver'').
# Don't use ''-'' sign in kernel flavor name.
# Don't use ''-'' sign in kernel flavor name.
# Specify ''KERNEL_FLAVOR_DEFAULT'' as your kernel flavor, if you want boot your kernel by default.
# Specify ''KERNEL_FLAVOR_DEFAULT'' as your kernel flavor if you want boot your kernel by default.


== Package versions ==
== Package versions ==

Revision as of 19:53, 2 March 2019

The Alpine Linux Package Policies describe some of the policies when creating packages.

Package Names

  • All package names should be lowercase.
  • Development files are placed in subpackages with -dev suffix (e.g. uclibc-dev)
  • Documentation files (incl. man pages) are placed in subpackages with -doc suffix (e.g. expat-doc)
  • Lua modules (not applications) are prefixed with lua-. (e.g. lua-posix)
  • Perl modules (not applications) are prefixed with perl-. (e.g. perl-xml-parser)
  • Python 2 modules (not applications) are prefixed with py2-. (e.g. py2-libxml2)
  • Python 3 modules (not applications) are prefixed with py3-. (e.g. py3-libxml2)
  • Kernels and third party modules should be suffixed with the kernel flavor. (e.g., -grsec, -vserver).
  1. Don't use - sign in kernel flavor name.
  2. Specify KERNEL_FLAVOR_DEFAULT as your kernel flavor if you want boot your kernel by default.

Package versions

  • Package versions are similar to gentoo.

Licensing

  • The license of the program should be based on the licenses approved by the Free Software Foundation or OSI.
  • If you are unsure about the license, please ask in our IRC channel.