Packaging Standards

Version 2.1

This page will document the agreed packaging standards for webOS homebrew ipkg files and open standard ipkg feeds.

Name	Definition
Size	Package size (in KB)
Status	Installed/Not-installed (and other stuff we don't use)
Architecture	all, armv7, or i686
Section	The category when there is no source data
Package	Package name in reverse-dns style
Filename	Actual name of .ipk file
Depends	Actual package names of dependencies (comma-space separated, ignore contents of () at the end)
Maintainer	Group or individual responsible for maintenance
Version	In N:N(.N)*(-N)? format (see ipkg source for the different version parts)
Description	Title of the package
MD5Sum	MD5 checksum of package to verify downloaded file
Installed-Time	Timestamp of installation
Installed-Size	Size of installed package
Source	*See lower table*

Source Title Actual title of application Source Where to obtain source code LastUpdated Timestamp of last update Feed Package source feed Type Application, Patch, Service, Plugin, LinuxBinary Category Package category Homepage URL to package homepage Icon URL to icon image (assumed to be 64x64) FullDescription Actual description of package (includes html?) Screenshots Array of URLs License Package license conditions PostInstallFlags RestartLuna, RestartJava PostRemoveFlags RestartLuna, RestartJava