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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