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diff --git a/docs/news.txt b/docs/news.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c36ada --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/news.txt @@ -0,0 +1,398 @@ + +Apr 10 2020 +----------- + +IRC channel can now be accessed from `#carbslinux` at freenode! + +Apr 06 2020 +----------- + +A new rootfs tarball has been released. See the +[downloads](https://dl.carbslinux.org) page + +Apr 05 2020 +----------- + +Carbs Linux repositories will be hosted only on Github. Commits will be +pushed there, and not the repository. You have until +May 4, 2020 Monday to switch your remotes to <https://github.com/CarbsLinux/repository>. +The git repository will continue to be served until then (without additional +commits). + +You can switch your remote by executing the following command on your +repository directory. + + git remote set-url origin https://github.com/CarbsLinux/repository + + +Feb 18 2020 +----------- + +A new tarball is released. It can be found on <https://dl.carbslinux.org>. + +**edit:** I have removed the tarball because of a bootstrapping issue. +I will be re-adding it later today. + +**edit 2:** I have added a tarball (20200219) to reflect my recent +changes on Busybox. + + +Feb 14 2020 +----------- + +**IMPORTANT!** Carbs-init update to be released on 17th of February +will require manual intervention. I am holding this update back so +people can see it before they update their system (even though the +update will show the same message as this). The rationale for the +update is explained below the intervention. + + # There is an explanation for each init + # You only need to follow the instructions + # for your own init-system + + ## busybox-init + # If you did not edit your inittab simply + # move inittab.new to inittab + -> mv /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab + + # If you did edit your inittab you can use + # a simple sed command to remove the necessary lines + -> sed -i '/getty/d;/runsvdir/d' /etc/inittab + + + ## runit + # same as busybox-init, if you did not edit + # /etc/runit/2 move 2.new to 2 + -> mv /etc/runit/2.new /etc/runit/2 + + # else + -> vim /etc/runit/2 + # open your 2 file and remove the for loop containing + # getty commands. If you are using runit, it is recommended + # to comment out /etc/init/runit.boot + + ## sinit/minit + # If you did not edit your {sinit-,}launch-services.boot + # you can simply remove it. + -> rm -f /etc/init/launch-services.boot /etc/init/sinit-launch-services.boot + + # This should leave you without any issues, and you can safely reboot. + +Carbs-init update is to make sure init systems do not clash, and do +not have to use different files. This is a sensible update both for +the user user and for the maintainer side. + +To give an example, before this update busybox-init was managing getty +through `inittab`, runit was managing through `/etc/runit/2`, and +minit/sinit were launching from `/etc/init/launch-services.boot`. This +is a configuration nightmare for everyone, and since I am maintaining +and constantly testing those init providers, a huge nightmare for me. +This is a Quality of Life update. + + +Feb 13 2020 +----------- + +Runit is now released on the core repository! You can now replace +busybox-init with runit-init. You can also replace the busybox runit +utilities with the actual runit. This will reduce the dependency on +busybox greatly. + +Jan 28 2020 +----------- + +Web Server is now on a Carbs Linux server. It is not complete yet, +but I will be adding a little more for the intended functionality. +Downtimes can be expected. + +UPDATE: ssl is now working. + +UPDATE2: downloads are back again. + + +Jan 22 2020 +----------- + +Expect downtime on Jan 24 2020 22:00 UTC as I will be migrating +this web server to my Carbs Linux server! + + +Jan 15 2020 +----------- + +sinit has been taken to `core`, and is now officially supported + + +Jan 13 2020 +----------- + +**Busybox update reqires manual intervention** + +The new busybox package conflicts with the pre-update busybox-init. That's why +you should rebuild and install `busybox-init` before doing the update. + + # Do a kiss update first (but don't actually update it yet), or manually pull the git repository + $ kiss u # Cancel this operation after it asks for you to confirm the update + + # Install the busybox-init package + $ kiss b busybox-init && kiss i busybox-init + + # Continue your update as you normally would. + $ kiss u + +I have moved runit and logging utilities from the busybox-init package to the busybox +package, which is the cause of these conflicts. + +Jan 10 2020 +----------- + +carbs-rootfs-20200110.tar.xz was [released](//dl.carbslinux.org/releases) + + +Jan 09 2020 +----------- + +Happy new year, everyone! I am back after some long silence. I was unable to commit for a +while, but I have pulled some new updates from the KISS repository, added some of my own. +This week I will be changing/adding some things. + +Important things are, + +* Carbs-init was updated to 0.3. +* I will be adding an implementation of suckless.org's [sinit](//core.suckless.org/sinit) as `carbs-sinit` +* Carbs Repository was added to [repology.org](//repology.org/repository/carbs) +* A new rootfs tarball will be coming up tomorrow. + + +Dec 18 2019 +----------- + +carbs-rootfs-20191218.tar.xz was [released](//dl.carbslinux.org/releases) + + +Dec 17 2019 +----------- + +Installation instruction are now complete. A review would be greatly appreciated! + + +Dec 15 2019 +----------- + +Carbs Linux Wiki is now available to be edited and updated by the users go +to the [wiki](//carbslinux.org/wiki) to obtain more information. + +**February 2020 EDIT:** Changed link for wiki + + +Dec 12 2019 +----------- + +Busybox and Busybox-init has been seperated into two different packages. +This is for adding standalone runit/runit-init to the repositories. + + +Dec 10 2019 +----------- + +First alpha release was made. See the [downloads page](//dl.carbslinux.org/releases). + + +Apr 10 2020 +----------- + +IRC channel can now be accessed from `#carbslinux` at freenode! + +Apr 06 2020 +----------- + +A new rootfs tarball has been released. See the +[downloads](https://dl.carbslinux.org) page + +Apr 05 2020 +----------- + +Carbs Linux repositories will be hosted only on Github. Commits will be +pushed there, and not the repository. You have until +May 4, 2020 Monday to switch your remotes to <https://github.com/CarbsLinux/repository>. +The git repository will continue to be served until then (without additional +commits). + +You can switch your remote by executing the following command on your +repository directory. + + git remote set-url origin https://github.com/CarbsLinux/repository + + +Feb 18 2020 +----------- + +A new tarball is released. It can be found on <https://dl.carbslinux.org>. + +**edit:** I have removed the tarball because of a bootstrapping issue. +I will be re-adding it later today. + +**edit 2:** I have added a tarball (20200219) to reflect my recent +changes on Busybox. + + +Feb 14 2020 +----------- + +**IMPORTANT!** Carbs-init update to be released on 17th of February +will require manual intervention. I am holding this update back so +people can see it before they update their system (even though the +update will show the same message as this). The rationale for the +update is explained below the intervention. + + # There is an explanation for each init + # You only need to follow the instructions + # for your own init-system + + ## busybox-init + # If you did not edit your inittab simply + # move inittab.new to inittab + -> mv /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab + + # If you did edit your inittab you can use + # a simple sed command to remove the necessary lines + -> sed -i '/getty/d;/runsvdir/d' /etc/inittab + + + ## runit + # same as busybox-init, if you did not edit + # /etc/runit/2 move 2.new to 2 + -> mv /etc/runit/2.new /etc/runit/2 + + # else + -> vim /etc/runit/2 + # open your 2 file and remove the for loop containing + # getty commands. If you are using runit, it is recommended + # to comment out /etc/init/runit.boot + + ## sinit/minit + # If you did not edit your {sinit-,}launch-services.boot + # you can simply remove it. + -> rm -f /etc/init/launch-services.boot /etc/init/sinit-launch-services.boot + + # This should leave you without any issues, and you can safely reboot. + +Carbs-init update is to make sure init systems do not clash, and do +not have to use different files. This is a sensible update both for +the user user and for the maintainer side. + +To give an example, before this update busybox-init was managing getty +through `inittab`, runit was managing through `/etc/runit/2`, and +minit/sinit were launching from `/etc/init/launch-services.boot`. This +is a configuration nightmare for everyone, and since I am maintaining +and constantly testing those init providers, a huge nightmare for me. +This is a Quality of Life update. + + +Feb 13 2020 +----------- + +Runit is now released on the core repository! You can now replace +busybox-init with runit-init. You can also replace the busybox runit +utilities with the actual runit. This will reduce the dependency on +busybox greatly. + +Jan 28 2020 +----------- + +Web Server is now on a Carbs Linux server. It is not complete yet, +but I will be adding a little more for the intended functionality. +Downtimes can be expected. + +UPDATE: ssl is now working. + +UPDATE2: downloads are back again. + + +Jan 22 2020 +----------- + +Expect downtime on Jan 24 2020 22:00 UTC as I will be migrating +this web server to my Carbs Linux server! + + +Jan 15 2020 +----------- + +sinit has been taken to `core`, and is now officially supported + + +Jan 13 2020 +----------- + +**Busybox update reqires manual intervention** + +The new busybox package conflicts with the pre-update busybox-init. That's why +you should rebuild and install `busybox-init` before doing the update. + + # Do a kiss update first (but don't actually update it yet), or manually pull the git repository + $ kiss u # Cancel this operation after it asks for you to confirm the update + + # Install the busybox-init package + $ kiss b busybox-init && kiss i busybox-init + + # Continue your update as you normally would. + $ kiss u + +I have moved runit and logging utilities from the busybox-init package to the busybox +package, which is the cause of these conflicts. + +Jan 10 2020 +----------- + +carbs-rootfs-20200110.tar.xz was [released](//dl.carbslinux.org/releases) + + +Jan 09 2020 +----------- + +Happy new year, everyone! I am back after some long silence. I was unable to commit for a +while, but I have pulled some new updates from the KISS repository, added some of my own. +This week I will be changing/adding some things. + +Important things are, + +* Carbs-init was updated to 0.3. +* I will be adding an implementation of suckless.org's [sinit](//core.suckless.org/sinit) as `carbs-sinit` +* Carbs Repository was added to [repology.org](//repology.org/repository/carbs) +* A new rootfs tarball will be coming up tomorrow. + + +Dec 18 2019 +----------- + +carbs-rootfs-20191218.tar.xz was [released](//dl.carbslinux.org/releases) + + +Dec 17 2019 +----------- + +Installation instruction are now complete. A review would be greatly appreciated! + + +Dec 15 2019 +----------- + +Carbs Linux Wiki is now available to be edited and updated by the users go +to the [wiki](//carbslinux.org/wiki) to obtain more information. + +**February 2020 EDIT:** Changed link for wiki + + +Dec 12 2019 +----------- + +Busybox and Busybox-init has been seperated into two different packages. +This is for adding standalone runit/runit-init to the repositories. + + +Dec 10 2019 +----------- + +First alpha release was made. See the [downloads page](//dl.carbslinux.org/releases). + |