Package Metadata

Package information is stored in metadata section in bulk.yaml. Here is an example:

metadata:
  name: your-app
  short-description: A great app in python
  long-description:
    A very great app in python. You can use it to do
    amazing things
  depends: [python3]

Options:

name

Package name used to name a .deb file

short-description

Short description of the package as shown in package search results and in other places. It should be a one-liner

long-description

Long description of the package. Usually shown in GUI tools as a part of package detail.

depends

List of package dependencies. It can consists of any expression allowed in debian packages. But note if you need different dependencies for different packages built (i.e. for different ubuntu distributions) you need to use different bulk.yaml configs and specify ones explicity to bulk pack.