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| author | Anderson Torres <torres.anderson.85@protonmail.com> | 2023-08-11 21:36:42 -0300 |
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| committer | Anderson Torres <torres.anderson.85@protonmail.com> | 2023-08-12 23:00:15 +0000 |
| commit | 857f57ffd8202674eeaf602004a987c32efc0773 (patch) | |
| tree | 7745f0bddd5b2a7137ffa2021d1accae60c12747 /CONTRIBUTING.md | |
| parent | 64222deb8b5bb4b39fdd9ca82bb44f6b3672ab8d (diff) | |
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CONTRIBUTING.md: highlight the need for setting `meta.mainProgram`
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index f318f19ead3..0734db52129 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Below is a short excerpt of some points in there: The old config generation system used impure shell scripts and could break in specific circumstances (see #1234). -* `meta.description` should: +* `meta.description` must: * Be short, just one sentence. * Be capitalized. * Not start with the package name. @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Below is a short excerpt of some points in there: * `meta.license` must be set and fit the upstream license. * If there is no upstream license, `meta.license` should default to `lib.licenses.unfree`. * If in doubt, try to contact the upstream developers for clarification. -* `meta.maintainers` must be set. +* `meta.mainProgram` must be set when appropriate. +* `meta.maintainers` should be set. See the nixpkgs manual for more details on [standard meta-attributes](https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-standard-meta-attributes). |