Informational Keys

These keys are required in every Packthing project. They provide basic information about what your project is and who it belongs to.

name

The pretty name of the repository.

package

The package file name.

org

The name of the organization.

url

The URL of a web page representing the project.

maintainer

The name of the project maintainer.

email

The email address of the project maintainer.

copyright

The copyright year of the project.

This should be formatted as YYYY or you can express a range with YYYY-YYYY.

license

The license of the project.

tagline

A short (several word) description of the project.

description

A longer description of the project.

master

The master repository. If not given, it will attempt to use a repository the same name as the project name, then package name, then the first project name alphabetically.