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/20200803.org | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/20200803.org (limited to 'blog/20200803.org') diff --git a/blog/20200803.org b/blog/20200803.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0dcf679 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/20200803.org @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +#+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 + +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 + +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 + +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! -- cgit v1.2.3