glfs/introduction/welcome/bulletin.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="bulletin" xreflabel="Bulletin">
<?dbhtml filename="bulletin.html"?>
<title>Bulletin</title>
<para>Current release: &version; &ndash; &releasedate;</para>
<sect2>
<title>Bulletin Entries:</title>
<!-- News template
<sect3>
<para>~ MMMM DD{nd,st,th}, YYYY</para>
<para>News.</para>
<para>- Name</para>
</sect3>
-->
<sect3>
<title>~ June 4th, 2024</title>
<para>Removal of Package Information</para>
<para>
In each page involving packages and their installation,
there is a section called "Package Information," including
various information such as the download link(s), download
size, and estimated build time.
</para>
<para>
Over the next few days, this section will be removed from
every page. The download links will remain in each page.
"Download size," "Download MD5 Sum," "Estimated disk space
required," and "Estimated build time" will be removed.
</para>
<para>
When packages are updated, all this information has to be
checked, measured, and updated, demanding a lot of work to
maintain everything. The removal of the "Package Information"
section will make things much more manageable. Not to mention,
I am terrible at maintaining projects as it is. SBUs are also
good to know for each package but it can take a lot of time to
measure and calculate the SBUs for each package. I cannot
provide accurate SBU timing at this time. On a Ryzen 5 1600
(has 6 cores and 12 threads), when typing and copy+pasting
commands, going through the entire book took me 35 hours.
If you have an application or script that can parse GLFS and
run the commands automatically, the time will be comparable
to Gentoo.
</para>
<para>
Not the best of announcements, not the best of news. Sorry
but this will help me maintain this book better.
</para>
<para>- Zeckma</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>~ June 1st, 2024</title>
<para>This is the first Bulletin Entry!</para>
<para>
This was made in anticipation for a few updates to come out, making
changes that might be seen as weird or controversial. This offers as
a section to explain those changes. <xref linkend="changelog"/> doesn't
provide a good format to explain why commits and changes are being made,
but rather just what changes were made.
</para>
<para>- Zeckma</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>