Bob now automatically reports on, and links to, commits made to packages that fail to build since the previous attempt.

https://reports.pkgci.org/Darwin/14.5/arm64/20260413T215911Z/report.html

This is really helpful for showing regressions, and I hope will be useful to developers who want to check whether their updates caused problems on platforms they do not have access to.

#pkgsrc #bob

You remember Bob of course, our head on a stick.

But have you met Ivan? Ivan is a fur coat that someone put a rusty old iron pipe inside of and propped it against the back of the sauna, for no discernable reason. He's been there since before we bought the place. From the road it looks like a drunk guy leaning against the building.

Meanwhile a spruce has grown there (which I need to move) and it was time to get rid of Ivan. So Bob and Ivan got united.

The new hybrid says his named is Scarebob Ivansson but we'll probably just keep calling him Bob.

He resumed his summer job of guarding the big garden, basking in the setting sun and showing off his new style.

#Bob #HeadOnAStick #Scarecrow #Gardening #Homestead

bob v0.99.x now available, as well as a wip/bob package for testing.

These are release candidates in preparation for v1.0 which will be considered fully production ready.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, then now is the time to raise them as once v1.0 lands I will not be allowing any incompatible changes.

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2026/04/08/msg042818.html

Happy building!

#pkgsrc #bob

Mirman Offers Vague Word After Fiery Wreck

Comedian Eugene Mirman is recovering after a serious car crash and fire at a Bedford, NH toll plaza on March 31. He thanked rescuers and hospital staff.

#EugeneMirman, #CarCrash, #BedfordNH, #Bob'sBurgers, #Recovery

https://newsletter.tf/eugene-mirman-recovering-after-bedford-crash/

Eugene Mirman is "on the mend" after his car caught fire following a crash at a New Hampshire toll plaza. This is a serious incident that required rescue.

#EugeneMirman, #CarCrash, #BedfordNH, #Bob'sBurgers, #Recovery
https://newsletter.tf/eugene-mirman-recovering-after-bedford-crash/

Now that I've switched the daily SmartOS pkgsrc bulk builds fully over to bob, I figured it might be interesting to also publish the exact config file I'm using to do so.

https://github.com/jperkin/bob/blob/main/examples/smartos-trunk.lua

No more complicated and fragile sandbox scripts, patches to pbulk, convoluted build infrastructure, etc.

Just a single binary installed using cargo, and a single configuration file.

Next release will be 0.99.0, we're almost ready for v1.0.

#pkgsrc #bob

First full pkgsrc build completed with bob using the new publishing feature. All looking good!

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bulk/2026/04/02/msg028397.html

#pkgsrc #bob