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diff --git a/blog/20200128.org b/blog/20200128.org deleted file mode 100644 index 9309a99..0000000 --- a/blog/20200128.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: Switching to New Website -#+DATE: <2020-01-28 Tue> -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan - -In case you haven't seen it before, this website was powered by [[http://werc.cat-v.org][werc]]. And even -though I liked it really much, it was too powerful for a small website like -this. - -So I have decided to reimplement this website with my own static generation -scripts. The source will probably be on [[https://git.carbslinux.org/website/log.html][its git repository]] when I decide to -publish the website. - -The generation requires Plan9 programs, although I have used them just for my -enthusiasm. I have built the site with a combination of mk (instead of make), -rc, and POSIX sh. I am not yet exactly familiar with rc, but I will replace the -shell scripts when I feel like I can. diff --git a/blog/20200406.org b/blog/20200406.org deleted file mode 100644 index 08e79bf..0000000 --- a/blog/20200406.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: Roadmap for Carbs -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DATE: <2020-04-06 Mon> - -It has been a busy week. There are lots of changes in direction, and more to -come. I want to talk a little about all of them. - -** Carbs Linux Server Going Down -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: carbs-linux-server-going-down -:END: - -It became harder to maintain and pay for the server, and I will be shutting it -down in May. I am currently in the phase of carrying over everything to [[https://github.com/CarbsLinux][Github]]. -The repository and the website is served on Github now. I have also moved the -[[https://github.com/CarbsLinux/wiki/wiki][Wiki]] to Github and anyone can edit it there. There are some outdated posts that -I will be fixing around this week. - -I am not quite sure where to store the downloads page now. But I will be -switching that to a new source as well. (Maybe SourceHut?) - -I feel a little sad for switching, but serving on Github is faster, cheaper, and -hassle-free. - -** Forking KISS -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: forking-kiss -:END: - -I had a personal fork of KISS, which I enjoyed thoroughly. I didn't intend to -make it the default when I started it, but it has matured enough to be so. The -package manager can now be found on [[https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss][this repository]]. See it for the added -changes. - -This will be a change for the better, as I can develop the package manager as it -fits my views. - -** Small Changes on the Website -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: small-changes-on-the-website -:END: - -I have made some small changes on the website. The build is not dependent on -Plan9 utilities anymore. It was fun messing around with =rc= and =mk=, but they -are quite limited compared to POSIX shell. - -RSS feeds are finally working as intended, both for the [[https://carbslinux.org/news.xml][news]] section, and the -[[https://carbslinux.org/rss.xml][blog]] section. - -You can see every page's =.txt= output at the end of the page by clicking 'View -Page Source'. Meanwhile, I will be updating some pages to be a little more -'human-readable'. - -** Outsources Repository -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: outsources-repository -:END: - -I have opened an =outsource= repository, which I will be pushing this week. I -will add a new post when I am ready to push it. I think it will be interesting, -it will also make more sense about the changes I have added to the package -manager. The now empty repository, can be found [[https://github.com/CarbsLinux/outsource][here]]! - -** New Tarball -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: new-tarball -:END: - -Finally, I have released a new tarball today, which can be obtained from the -[[https://dl.carbslinux.org/releases][downloads page]]. - -I am planning to add more of these update posts as I'm feeling better about the -website structure overall. diff --git a/blog/20200410.org b/blog/20200410.org deleted file mode 100644 index 0868c2d..0000000 --- a/blog/20200410.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: Outsource Repository Concept -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DATE: <2020-04-10 Fri> - -In April 3rd, I have added submodule support for Carbs Linux's fork of =kiss=. -Now, from that sentence, it really doesn't sound exciting at all. But in -reality, it opens a path to lots of creative output, and a better way to manage -multi-user repositories (such as KISS Community). - -When managing a repository of submodules, the repository maintainer's only job -is to deal with adding packages. A package maintainer doesn't have to wait for -the repository maintainer to update their packages, as they are only making the -changes to their own repositories. - -This way, an end-user can also track from their preferred maintainers, and do -that with the tidyness of a single repository in their =KISS_PATH=. - -Carbs Linux now has an outsource repository for some packages. Firefox and its -dependencies have been purged from the main repository, but can be found on it. - -[[https://github.com/CarbsLinux/outsource]] diff --git a/blog/20200508.org b/blog/20200508.org deleted file mode 100644 index 1df12e7..0000000 --- a/blog/20200508.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,113 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: The Relation of Carbs and KISS -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DATE: <2020-05-08 Fri> - -Since I have forked KISS, I have received many questions that can be summarized -as "Why?". I have realized that I never truly answered this question. That's the -reason I am writing this post, to give some background on Carbs, and some -differences between KISS Linux and Carbs Linux for anyone who may be wondering. -Perhaps I could make this a "FAQ" page later on. - -** History -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: history -:END: - -I had the idea of creating my own Linux distribution since the May of 2019. Back -then, I had my own [[https://linuxfromscratch.org][Linux from Scratch]] build, and I wanted to slim it down my -own way and replace the software (with musl,sbase,etc.). The name Carbs Linux -was in my mind since then. I wanted to write my own package manager, but I -wasn't satisfied with anything I had built. - -I had written some incomplete package managers (all named =fat=) and I quickly -threw them into the trash can, where they honestly belonged. I would want to -share them with you for laughs, but my hard-drive got wiped and I have a problem -of not doing an "initial commit" until a program I write is in a usable state. - -I have obtained the 'carbslinux.org' domain name in September 2019, but then -life got on the way, and I stopped for a long time. - -One day on Reddit, I saw Dylan's post on [[https://reddit.com/r/unixporn][r/unixporn]] about KISS, and I really -thought that it was interesting. Here is my [[https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/ducd34/sowm_kiss_d/f7lua7x][comment]] to Dylan on that post. I -checked out the package manager and the repository. The packaging system was -extremely clean and well-thought. I decided to give it a go and fork KISS. - -** Differences between KISS and Carbs -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: differences-between-kiss-and-carbs -:END: - -Now, I still baffle when people ask me this question. My intention was never to -create a distribution with specific differences between KISS. My intention was -being my own BDFL of a distribution I maintain. There are lots of differences -between the main repositories, but they are subtle and not worth talking about. -I personally never even installed KISS Linux on my system. So Carbs, isn't -something like a downstream fork of KISS, it is just a distribution that was -initially based on KISS. - -I try to contribute as much as I can to KISS Linux. I think that it is a -brilliant distribution, and it was a great starting point for Carbs. I am really -grateful to Dylan and all the other contributors. - -** What I'm working on now -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: what-im-working-on-now -:END: - -Currently I have a few projects that I'm working on for Carbs. These are, - -A BSD port for Carbs. For a while, I have been working on BSD compatibility on -my fork of the [package manager]. I have tested, without any more issues, on -OpenBSD and FreeBSD. The biggest issues remaining are choosing a vendor for BSD, -packaging the BSD source, and providing a minimal base (like busybox for BSD). -If you aren't familiar with BSD, it has a single source code for all of the -utilities (kernel, command line programs, etc.). Contributions (even chipping in -ideas) are very welcome. - -Adding binary package distribution support natively to the package manager. -Biggest issue in small/old computers are compile times. This feature is for the -bigger packages such as webkit, clang, llvm that take a considerable amount of -time. Some computers with low memories cannot even compile firefox/webkit. - -Adding rsync repository support to the package manager. This is not a current -issue, but rather a futureproofing. As time passes, distribution repositories -grow larger. KISS and Carbs are young distributions without this problem right -now. But in something like 5 years, this size will presumably increase to -hundreds of megabytes. At that point it will be pointless to have the repository -sources unless you specifically need them. - -** What's up with all the init/service daemons? -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: whats-up-with-all-the-init-service-daemons -:END: - -If you have ever checked the [[https://github.com/carbslinux/repository][repository]], you may have noticed that there are -lots of init/service related packages. I have had my fair share of time with all -of them, and it is an area that I am really interested in. I have even written -my own [[https://github.com/cemkeylan/shinit][init daemon]] and [[https://github.com/cemkeylan/sysmgr][service supervisor]]. I maintain all those packages on KISS -Community Repository as well with the exception of busybox. Those are, =busybox -init/runit=, =runit=, =sinit=, and =sysmgr=. I would definitely recommend -checking out =shinit= and =sysmgr=. - -** Why I don't publicize Carbs -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: why-i-dont-publicize-carbs -:END: - -There are a couple of reasons I don't publicize Carbs a lot. - -KISS is the better alternative in terms of support and community. I work on -maintaining this distribution just as hard as Dylan, but in the end, Carbs is -based on his original hard work, and I believe that he deserves the recognition -more than I do. - -Since I cannot answer questions like "What is the difference?", I prefer staying -as the silent sibling project of KISS Linux. Plus, there is no point in dividing -the newly-emerging community in half. - -That's not because I don't have ideas for the future of Carbs, I do. I just -think that I will deserve the recognition once those above lists are checked. - -I think that's about it, if you have questions you can send me a mail, ping me -on IRC (my handle is =merakor=), and I will be happy to answer. Maybe your -question fits this post, and I can update it to thoroughly give an explanation. diff --git a/blog/20200528.org b/blog/20200528.org deleted file mode 100644 index b37498d..0000000 --- a/blog/20200528.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: kiss 2.0.0 and Overall Changes -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DATE: <2020-05-28 Thu> - -Carbs Linux kiss version 2.0.0 has been released which introduces rsync -repositories. - -Git is no longer a mandatory dependency for the package manager, every git -source on the core repository has been replaced with https sources (sbase, -sinit), and rootfs tarballs will no longer ship with git. Repositories in the -upcoming tarball will be rsync repositories. - -Git is now on the =extra= repository and is still (optionally) used in the -package manager. - -The idea behind this change is size reductions and increased speed with rsync. -As I said on the previous post, git repositories get larger and larger over the -time span. Currently my personal copy of the git repository is around 77MB and I -have forked KISS Linux (as a shallow copy) around December. Obviously, I have -commits that I ommitted. I tend to create commits I dislike, which I change with -=git reset --soft HEAD^=, which doesn't actually remove the commits, etc. A user -will have a repository much smaller than mine. - -This is a precaution with the added bonuses of speed and dropping a mandatory -dependency. - -You can see the rest of the changelog [[https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md][here]]. - -** Binary Repositories -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: binary-repository -:END: - -A few days ago, I have also published [[https://github.com/CarbsLinux/kiss-bin][kiss-bin]], a first version for managing -binary repositories. Currently, there are some caveats that I'll be fixing along -the way. I decided not to include this in the package manager natively as -managing the source based and binary based packages together adds levels of -complexity that we do not want. Instead, this is an extension for kiss which -sources the package manager as a library. I hope to see it being adopted by -others interested on the matter as well. diff --git a/blog/20200617.org b/blog/20200617.org deleted file mode 100644 index 52143ff..0000000 --- a/blog/20200617.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,88 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: June 2020 News Post -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DATE: <2020-06-17 Wed> - -This will be an active month for Carbs as major changes to the base and the -package manager will be coming up. - -** Statically linking the base -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: statically-linking-the-base -:END: - -For the past couple of weeks I have been trying to simplify the base and -statically link the core (mostly binaries rather than libraries). I usually see -some people extremely opposed to static linking as I also see the opposite on -people. - -I believe that binaries on the core should always be linked statically. This -ensures that an SONAME bump to =libObscure.so= will not break the core -functionality of your system, forcing you to use external resources to recover -from such an issue. As long as you can compile, use core utilities, edit text, -and access the web, you can solve any given issue on your system. - -However, I don't think that removing shared libraries is sensible either. Not -every piece of software out there is good quality enough to be statically -linked. - -** Major changes on the core repository -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: major-changes-on-the-core-repository -:END: - -There have been drastic changes to the core repository and the base rootfs this -month (with more on the way). Right now changes are as follows. - -*** Removed from Core -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: removed-from-core -:END: -- =git= -- =libressl= -- =grub= -- =bison= -- =dhcpcd= -- =ubase= - -*** Added to Core -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: added-to-core -:END: -- =bearssl=, as a =libressl= replacement -- =byacc=, as a =bison= replacement - -*** Statically linked -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: statically-linked -:END: -- =kiss= -- =neatvi= -- =mandoc= -- =byacc= -- =m4= -- =e2fsprogs= -- =make= -- =pkgconf= -- =sbase= -- =libnl= -- =wpa_supplicant= -- =bearssl= - -** Making the wiki available offline -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: making-the-wiki-available-offline -:END: - -Soon, all documentation regarding Carbs Linux will be avaialable to be installed -from the core repository in a =carbs-docs= package along with its own document -crawler. Currently, the documentation regarding the installation process is a -little outdated which will also receive some important updates. - -** ISO image for Carbs -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: iso-image-for-carbs -:END: - -I am thinking of releasing an ISO image in order to provide a standardized -environment for installation along with installation helper tools in the spirit -of =arch-install-scripts=. Let's see how that's going to play out. diff --git a/blog/20200803.org b/blog/20200803.org deleted file mode 100644 index 21404e8..0000000 --- a/blog/20200803.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: August 2020 News Post -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DATE: <2020-08-03 Mon> - -We are having some stalls during this summer, as I am currently working on -university-related stuff. Nonetheless, there are some important changes that I -want to share in this month's post. - -#+TOC: headlines 1 local - -** Carbs Packaging Tools -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: carbs-packaging-tools -:END: - -This month I have reworked =kiss= into a new package manager, now renamed as -=cpt=. Updating =kiss= will now bootstrap the new package manager, so you don't -have to manually edit your system. If you don't like the idea of this, you can -look up the =post-install= script on =core/kiss= and apply the changes manually. - -You will also need to rename your =KISS_*= variables to =CPT_*=. So, =KISS_PATH= -becomes =CPT_PATH=. - -The rework changes the previous commands on the package manager into standalone -tools, and move the package manager functions to a library. This makes it easier -for a user to import functions and variables from the package manager, and -extend the package manager with their own intended way. Previously this required -ugly hacks and workarounds to use the package manager functions. I will be -making use of these changes to re-implement binary package management functions -as well. - -If you want to use the library on your script you can simply do this: - -#+BEGIN_SRC sh -#!/bin/sh -. cpt-lib -(...) -#+END_SRC - -There are obviously some clean-up and simplifications needed in this new -tool-based package management method. - -** Docs -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: docs -:END: - -I have added documentation for the distribution, and finally updated the guide -for installation. It is now /almost/ complete. These docs can be installed to -your system for online viewing. I will also add a documentation crawler similar -to how werc works (but as an offline viewer). You can find =carbs-docs= from -the repository. Currently, the documentation lacks but I will be adding new -stuff. These will solely be distribution specific documentation and will not be -a wiki-like source. If anyone would like to contribute to a wiki-like -documentation source, I would happily re-open the distribution wiki. You can -find the source on [[https://github.com/CarbsLinux/docs]]. - -** Re-opening the Carbs Linux server -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: re-opening-the-carbs-linux-server -:END: - -Back in May, I had shutdown the Carbs Linux server due to financial issues, but -I am slowly reverting to the self-hosted model. Back then, the git repositories -were mirrored to GitHub, and the management was overall much more flexible. The -server used to run Carbs Linux as well (that was fun and horrifying at the same -time). Now, I will be relaunching the git server which will be the upstream -source before August 5. You can switch your remote, but GitHub will stay as a -remote nonetheless. - -*EDIT:* The git-server is up! diff --git a/blog/20201210.org b/blog/20201210.org deleted file mode 100644 index 7da78cb..0000000 --- a/blog/20201210.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: First Year of Carbs Linux -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DATE: <2020-12-10 Thu> - -December 10, 2020 marks the first year after the initial release of Carbs Linux. -When I forked the KISS Linux repository on the 9th of December, I was fairly new -to package management. Carbs Linux used to be almost identical to KISS Linux. A -lot has changed since then: - -- [2020 Jan 13] Replaced default init system to =sinit= -- [2020 Jan 15] Packaged =WebKit2GTK= -- [2020 May 17] Added =bearssl= on the testing repository -- [2020 May 28] Added =rsync= repository support to kiss -- [2020 Jun 03] Replaced =bison= with =byacc= -- [2020 Jun 11] Replaced =libressl= with =bearssl= -- [2020 Jun 24] Replaced =kiss= with =cpt= - -I have really enjoyed maintaining and developing this distribution, and I want -to thank everyone who was involved in some way or another. While I have slowed -down in development due to college workload, I am still actively maintaining all -the packages on the repository. I do have some ideas that I am thinking of -implementing during the semester break. Hope to see you all in January. diff --git a/blog/20210303.org b/blog/20210303.org deleted file mode 100644 index a1bb161..0000000 --- a/blog/20210303.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ -#+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. diff --git a/blog/20210415.org b/blog/20210415.org deleted file mode 100644 index 4ebf358..0000000 --- a/blog/20210415.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,118 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: April 2021 News Post -#+DATE: <2021-04-15 Thu> -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan - -Greetings from the cruellest month of the year! We have some important -topics this month that I wanted to share with you. - -#+TOC: headlines 1 local - -** CPT version 6 Release -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: cpt-version-6-release -:END: - -I have released the version 6 of our package manager and did a few bugfix -releases, which contained a variety of changes made since December. The -[[https://fossil.carbslinux.org/cpt/log][Changelog]] details them on our new Fossil repository, which I will be talking -about more on a later section of this post. - -As I have mentioned on the [[file:20210303.org::#next-release-for-cpt][previous news post]], I was holding the release for a -few bugfixes, and documentation. The documentation is complete enough to be -shipped, but there are still some things to add. The manual pages, and the -documentation for the user tools, however, are considered complete. - -** New rootfs tarball -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: new-rootfs-tarball -:END: - -A new tarball has been released after almost 7 months! This tarball targets the -=x86_64= architecture, and can be installed following the instructions. - -*** Signing Releases -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: signing-releases -:END: - -Releases are now signed with the OpenBSD tool [[https://man.openbsd.org/signify][signify(1)]] instead of GnuPG. There -are two packages on our repository that provide this tool, [[carbs-pkg:core/otools][otools]], and [[carbs-pkg:extra/signify][signify]]. -Debian-based distributions usually provide it under =signify-openbsd=, and other -distributions provide it as just =signify=. Each release will have a different -public key, those can be found on [[https://dl.carbslinux.org/keys]]. Since the -public keys are so small, I will also be embedding the latest release key to the -README file of the package repository, and the installation manual. - -*** The state of i686 -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: the-state-of-i686 -:END: - -As you may have noticed, I haven't made a release for the =i686= architecture -this time. I won't be retiring it, but my old laptop, which was the reason I -initially ported Carbs Linux to the architecture in the first place, has stopped -working. I won't be retiring it just now, but I also don't see anyone else -interested in it. If you are interested in taking the maintainership for the -architecture, you can send a mail to the mailing-list. Otherwise, I will be -dropping the architecture by the end of June. - -** Fossil -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: fossil -:END: - -I have recently been toying around with the alternate version control system, -[[https://fossil-scm.org][Fossil]]. Since no Carbs Linux News Post is complete without some sort of -repository migration[fn:1], the canonical repository of the package manager has -been moved to Fossil on [[https://fossil.carbslinux.org/cpt]]. However, this doesn't -mean that the mailing-list on Sourcehut will be removed, those will be in place -until I decide to serve mailing lists on our own server. - -As time goes on, I am also planning on switching some other repositories to -Fossil as well. I will be switching the Documentation repository next, and the -Package repository when Fossil support is added to the package manager. - -*** Fossil support on the package manager -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: fossil-support-on-the-package-manager -:END: - -Right now, the package manager supports Git, Mercurial, and Rsync repositories. -I do want to add Fossil repository support, however this might take long to -implement as I will be rewriting the repository backend to simplify and collect -the operations made by the package manager to manage package repositories. - -I'm aiming for a new system that makes it easy and simple to manage repositories -outside of the package manager's scope as well. These changes can be followed -from the [[https://fossil.carbslinux.org/cpt/timeline?r=repository-backend][repository-backend]] branch, which as of the time of writing this blog -post, contains no new check-ins, and specifically the status of Fossil support -can be tracked from [[https://fossil.carbslinux.org/cpt/tktview?name=b354510bc3][this ticket]]. - -** Switching back to LibreSSL -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: switching-back-to-libressl -:END: - -This is the 4th time Carbs Linux is switching SSL providers, but I am planning -on this to be the final change for the foreseeable future. The reason behind -this change is pragmatism. Even though BearSSL is sufficient enough to run the -base, some essential packages (such as Python for its SSL module) depended on -LibreSSL, meaning that using LibreSSL was mandatory if you weren't simply using -the bare-minimum. Using 2 separate SSL libraries is pointless when you have the -option to easily use a single one. - -** Consistent communication -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: consistent-communication -:END: - -I have decided to be more consistent on these news posts, I will try to make -these every 15th of the month. I have also recently came back to IRC to be as -active as possible. At least I can always be reached by mail, if all else fails! - -See you on the next post! - -** Footnotes - -[fn:1] "No mention of openbsd on the internet is complete without a long thread -about source control migration." -- tedu@ [[https://gameoftrees.org]] diff --git a/blog/20210525.org b/blog/20210525.org deleted file mode 100644 index e19039a..0000000 --- a/blog/20210525.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: May 2021 News Post -#+DATE: <2021-05-25 Tue> -#+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan - -Welcome to May! It has been a rather quiet month, mostly dedicated to fixing -some small bugs and working on some features. - -#+TOC: headlines 1 local - -** Fossil support and new repository backend -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: fossil-support -:END: - -In the [[file:20210415.org::#fossil][previous news post]] I mentioned adding fossil support to the package -manager. Fossil support is now merged to the trunk branch of the package -manager, and I have completely rewritten the repository backend which has -better performance and is easier to extend. There are still some changes to -make, but the feature will be added in the =6.1.0= release. - -** Moving IRC channel -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: moving-irc-channel -:END: - -After the recent controversies surrounding Freenode, we have also switched to -the new Libera IRC network. Since our previous logger =globbot= is also shutting -down, I have set up an IRC logger powered by [[https://git.causal.agency/litterbox][litterbox]]. The IRC logs can be -found on [[https://irclogs.carbslinux.org]]. The website includes both a searchable -web interface, and plaintext dumps of daily logs. Even though the channel is -low-volume, I think logging it is extremely important. - -** New i686 release -:PROPERTIES: -:CUSTOM_ID: new-i686-release -:END: - -I have decided to make an i686 release last week because it was really outdated, -but it will likely be the last one depending on its use on the few following -months. If you are interested in keeping support for the architecture, feel free -to join the IRC channel to let me know. Maintaining i686 isn't really much of a -burdon on me, but there is no point in maintaining an architecture that isn't -used by anyone. - -Compared to the last month, there aren't much news, and there have been other -things that I needed to attend to. I started writing this post on the 13th, and -only had the time to finish it now! - -See you on the next post! |