August 2020 News Post

posted on 2020-08-03

-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. -

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Carbs Packaging Tools
Docs
Re-opening the Carbs Linux server

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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. -

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-You will also need to rename your KISS_* variables to CPT_*. So, KISS_PATH -becomes CPT_PATH. -

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-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. -

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-If you want to use the library on your script you can simply do this: -

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#!/bin/sh
-. cpt-lib
-(...)
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-There are obviously some clean-up and simplifications needed in this new -tool-based package management method. -

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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. -

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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. -

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-EDIT: The git-server is up! -