There’s a new version of Compile out, with all bug fixes this time. This release fixes building from CMake recipes and corrects the behaviour of the using_X() useflag functions, which was lost in the last reorganisation. using_X() can now set environment variables and override variables set in the recipe again, while [...]
The last day brought the reason I was really there, my GoboLinux presentation in the very last speaking slot. Before then I made it into Sarah Sharp’s USB 3 talk, the photo management BOF, which was less useful than anticipated, and Rusty’s Wiimote presentation. The latter was both amazing and adorable, and well worth watching [...]
I made my first presentation at linux.conf.au today, in the Distro Summit miniconf. I talked about the Aliens system, and it wasn’t a disaster, which is a plus. It went reasonably well, though I missed out on a couple of points I was planning to hit since I went off-script a bit. All the important [...]
The conference is the week after next, and I will be presenting twice: once on the Monday and once on the Friday. On Monday in the Distro Summit miniconf I am speaking on the somewhat opaque topic of “Integrating domain-specific package managers into distribution package management systems”. That’s /System/Aliens, or trying to tie systems like [...]
Another release, and a minor version bump for both tools. The major update in these releases is the inclusion of the /System/Aliens feature in both. There has also been a change in the default mirror configuration that you will need to update your GetAvailable.conf for.
The /System/Aliens system incorporates third-party packaging systems into the system, allowing [...]
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 [...]
The question about what someone can do to help out with GoboLinux has popped up from time to time on IRC and now also in our forum. Therefore I thought I should answer that question with what is needed in the closest future and also in the long run.
As you know we’re working on releasing [...]
One of the GoboLinux papers I submitted has been accepted to linux.conf.au 2010, so I will be presenting on “An updated directory structure for Unix” at some point between 20 and 22 on the 22nd of January next year. I haven’t heard anything about the Aliens paper yet, so I guess that’s a provisional “no” [...]
The issue I had with my new hardware and unmatching kernel gave me quite a challenge but in the end it wasn’t that hard to fix, when the system was GoboLinux. It started with that I had to buy a new PSU as my old one was about to give up any day soon and [...]
/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 [...]