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diff --git a/blog/20210303.org b/blog/20210303.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..710de93 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/20210303.org @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +#+TITLE: March 2021 News Post +#+DATE: <2021-03-03 Wed> +#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan + +Greetings! I am really happy to announce some few changes to the distribution. I +wanted to write a new blog post to summarise them so you can get up to what is +happening in Carbs Linux. + +#+TOC: headlines 1 local + +* Switching to Sourcehut +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: switching-to-sourcehut +:END: + +I have been thinking of moving development to [[srht:~carbslinux][Sourcehut]] for a while now. If your +repository remotes reside at GitHub you are encouraged to switch them to +Sourcehut. Mailing lists for discussion, development, and announcements have +also been created for both the distribution, and the package manager using +Sourcehut as the host. See the [[file:../mailing-lists.html][page on mailing lists]] for more information on +subscribing to the mailing lists. + +This does mean that issue trackers now reside at Sourcehut, and I will be +deactivating those in GitHub very soon. I have yet to decide whether on keeping +the mirrors or deactivating them completely, but I will be giving three months +of notice if it is decided to move away from GitHub completely. Regardless, the +main repositories are still hosted at [[https://git.carbslinux.org][our own server]], and I have no intentions +on changing that for the foreseeable future. + +** State of our own Git repository + +In the near future, I will be moving our git server, and will be opening spots +for other users, who want to make use of the git server. People can use it to +serve their own =cpt= repositories, or personal projects that can be related to +Carbs. I will post an announcement when this will happen, and a blog post that +tells more about the new repository. Expect more by the end of March. + +* Wayland and Dbus +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: wayland-and-dbus +:END: + +There are new repositories for [[carbs-pkg:dbus/dbus][dbus]], and [[carbs-pkg:wayland/wayland][wayland]], which are still works in +progress. These are meant to be options for those who /request/ it, and are not +meant to be enforced package repositories. For example, any package outside of +the ~dbus~ repository shouldn't require it to work, and shouldn't list it as a +dependency. Packages can still be written using those as optional dependencies. + +This change also raises the question of whether Carbs is ditching Xorg or not. +No, we are not ditching Xorg, Wayland is added as to serve an extra option for +those who don't own graphics cards from some specific manufacturer. + +* Next release for CPT +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: next-release-for-cpt +:END: + +I had been working on the next major release for the package manager since +December, and it is coming close to completion. This release focuses more on the +library itself, and using the library more effectively on the contrib tools. +Unfortunately, until this time, the library wasn't properly documented, and +there weren't any unit tests for the library. Even though, the changes to the +package manager are close to completion, documentation and tests are what is +holding me from making the next release. + +* Website Update +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: website-update +:END: + +I have recently updated the website in its entirety so that it looks more +appealing. I have updated the stylesheets and created a [[srht:~carbslinux/carbslinux-style][stylesheet repository]] +and I am planning on extending it to use with other Carbs websites. + +The website is now generated using Emacs [[https://orgmode.org][Org Mode]], and its biggest advantage is +that I can freely write posts without thinking about plaintext output, which +held me back from writing big posts. I have also created a few org-mode link +abbreviations such as the one that let me easily link to packages. There are +also few disadvantages from using this method, which I am hoping to resolve as +moving forward. One of these disadvantages made me remove the generated website +from the git repository, now I generate and serve the website through +~post-receive~ hooks. Once I resolve these, however, I will be adding the =docs= +directory back to the repository. |