source-stack/AGENTS.md

Project Instructions

Source Dependencies

• Do not download or initialize Git submodules during source builds unless an explicit exception is listed below.
• Rely on the default non-recursive behavior of git clone; do not add submodule initialization or update steps.
• Declare and pin every source dependency version in the Dockerfile or another tracked project file.
• Do not use floating branches, unversioned archives, or implicit dependency downloads.
• Add each dependency as a separate, reviewable build step so its source and version remain visible.
• Append new dependency build steps after all existing dependency build steps. Do not insert or reorder steps in the existing build sequence, so previously successful build layers remain unchanged.
• The log4cplus build is allowed to fetch its required ThreadPool submodule as a shallow repository pinned by REL_2_0_5 to commit cc0b6371d3963f7028c2da5fc007733f9f3bf205. Do not fetch unused log4cplus submodules.

System Development Packages

• Do not install distribution-provided -dev packages for third-party libraries.
• Build third-party development dependencies from source at explicitly pinned versions.
• System -dev packages are allowed only for foundational platform infrastructure, such as glibc and Linux kernel headers.
• Document any new foundational -dev package exception in this file before adding it to the image.
• On Rocky Linux 9, glibc-devel, kernel-headers, and libstdc++-devel may be installed directly or as compiler dependencies because they are foundational C/C++ platform and toolchain components.
• On Alpine Linux, musl-dev and linux-headers may be installed directly or as compiler dependencies because they are foundational C/C++ platform and toolchain components.

Meta Libraries

• Pin all Meta/Facebook ecosystem libraries to the same date-based release tag.
• The current Meta release tag is v2026.08.03.00; use this exact tag for Folly and every subsequently added Meta library.
• Update the shared Meta release tag only when all Meta libraries in this project can be updated together.