Welcome to pkg-dev

[John Wittrock]

Hi all, 

I wanted to write a quick welcome message to our new members, as well as drop some relevant docs in a public place so people have a reference as they start to look through the codebase.

First off: this list is for discussing development on Fuchsia packages, software delivery to Fuchsia devices, and over the air updates. You'll see references to SWD in certain places, which stands for Software Delivery, and encompasses every part of how we get new or updated software to a Fuchsia install so it can run.

A couple of docs that might be relevant if you're interested in Fuchsia's software update stack or how software delivery works:

* Our README in the repo (//src/sys/pkg/README.md) which gives an architectural overview of the stack and links to other docs

* The definition of a Fuchsia package

* The specification for a Fuchsia package URL

* Concepts required for developing with packages

Most of those docs will link to further explanations, and you should expect to see more documentation on packages and software delivery posted to fuchsia.dev in the near future. Please feel free to email the list if you've got questions.

Welcome!

john