Packaging Standards

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

• Size: package size in kb
• Status: installed/not-installed, and other stuff we don't use
• Architecture:
• Section: the category when there is no source data
• Package: package name in reverse-dns style
• Filename: of the ipk file
• Depends: package name of packages required for this (comma-space seperated ignore anything inside () at the end)
• Maintainer:
• Version: x.y.z or w.x.y.z
• Description: title of the package
• MD5Sum: md5sub of package to verify downloaded file
• Installed-Time: timestamp of installation
• Installed-Size: size of installed package
• Source:
  • Title: actual title of the package
  • Source: where to get the source code
  • LastUpdated: timestamp
  • Feed: that this package comes from
  • Type: Application, Service, Plugin
  • Category:
  • Homepage: url
  • Icon: url to image (assumed to be 64x64)
  • FullDescription: actual description of package (includes html?)
  • Screenshots: array of urls
  • License: package license conditions