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-#+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.
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-#+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 There are some outdated posts that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.
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-#+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]]
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-#+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.
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-#+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.
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-#+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.
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-#+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!
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-#+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.
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-#+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.
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-#+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]]
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-#+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!