Validating Scripts after a fresh installation
On #gobolinux last night an issue came up that has appeared occasionally before – the signature format for packages has changed between the 014.01 release and now, so the Scripts package won’t validate...
View ArticleAn overview of /System/Aliens
/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...
View ArticleAccepted to linux.conf.au 2010
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...
View ArticleScripts 2.10.0 and Compile 1.13.0 released
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...
View ArticlePresentations at linux.conf.au
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...
View ArticleFirst talk over at linux.conf.au
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...
View ArticleLCA day 5 and the GoboLinux talk
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...
View ArticleCompile 1.13.2 released; 015 branch to be merged
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...
View ArticleScripts 2.10.2 and Compile 1.13.3 released
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...
View ArticleLCA video
The video from my GoboLinux talk at linux.conf.au earlier this year is finally up. I can’t watch (too many claps), but it’s there for anybody else who wants. The /System/Aliens talk from the Distro...
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