Scripts 2.10.2 and Compile 1.13.3 released

April 27, 2010

More releases, all bugfixes this time. Scripts has a fix for the man directory path in PrepareProgram (actually used by Compile), and handles dependency conversion better. It also includes updates to the database used by the CommandNotFound system as usual. The only notable behaviour change is a special case in the useflag code: having -INSTALLED [...]

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Scripts 2.9.11 and Compiile 1.12.4 released; and, an update on 015

October 25, 2009

We are pleased to announce the release of Scripts 2.9.11 and Compile 1.12.4. These releases do not contain many major functional changes, with the focus mostly on bug fixes and similar improvements leading up to 015 (of which more below).
In Scripts, several programs will now offer suggested corrections to program names and versions that aren’t [...]

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An overview of /System/Aliens

July 23, 2009

/System/Aliens is a new feature that will debut in the 015 era, helping with the integration of the growing number of third-party package managers into the system as a whole. It’s prompted a few questions lately from those who weren’t around in the dev meetings where it was hashed out, particularly once we decided to [...]

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