From e7999a032bd888abf3665c501a754dbb922fe7c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cem Keylan Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 03:39:56 +0300 Subject: Switch to org-mode for generating the website --- blog/20200617.org | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/20200617.org (limited to 'blog/20200617.org') diff --git a/blog/20200617.org b/blog/20200617.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c91582 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/20200617.org @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +#+TITLE: June Newspost +#+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 + +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 + +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 +- =git= +- =libressl= +- =grub= +- =bison= +- =dhcpcd= +- =ubase= + +*** Added to Core +- =bearssl=, as a =libressl= replacement +- =byacc=, as a =bison= replacement + +*** Statically linked +- =kiss= +- =neatvi= +- =mandoc= +- =byacc= +- =m4= +- =e2fsprogs= +- =make= +- =pkgconf= +- =sbase= +- =libnl= +- =wpa_supplicant= +- =bearssl= + +** Making the wiki available offline + +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 Currently, the documentation regarding the installation process is a +little outdated which will also receive some important updates.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 + +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. -- cgit v1.2.3