Il progetto ALPM di Arch Linux conclude quindici mesi di sviluppo finanziato, introducendo specifiche formali, strumenti Rust e nuove basi per la gestione dei pacchetti. #ALPM #ArchLinux #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/un-anno-di-lavoro-sul-progetto-alpm-arch-linux-ripensa-la-gestione-dei-pacchetti/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A Year of Work on the Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) Project

https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/a-year-of-work-on-the-alpm-project/

#HackerNews #ArchLinux #ALPM #PackageManagement #OpenSource #Development #TechNews

Together with @hko @j-g00da, @orhun and @Nukesor I have been working on the #ALPM and #VOA projects in 2024 and 2025.

This #SovereignTechFund ( @sovtechfund ) funded work has recently come to a close.

You can read all about what was achieved and plans for future work on the #ArchLinux #devblog: https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/a-year-of-work-on-the-alpm-project/

#OpenPGP #packaging #DigitalSignature #Verification #STF #blog #RustLang

I have just released a small #RustLang library for running commands as root as an unprivileged user - aka #rootless. 🦀

https://crates.io/crates/rootless-run/0.1.0

It has been created in the context of the #ALPM project to allow running commands using #fakeroot or #rootlesskit and paves the way for a simple Rust-based implementation.

In the future we plan to use it in the ALPM project to run commands that require root as unprivileged user.

#ArchLinux #container #packaging

Yesterday we released another set of updates for the #ALPM crates. 🦀

This also includes additional and updated specifications 📜

The alpm-types crate in version 0.7.0 now has better handling for different types of versions. 📚
This comes in handy in file formats and environments where version handling should be more strict/specific.

https://crates.io/crates/alpm-types/0.7.0

See the list of changes:
https://alpm.archlinux.page/alpm-types/CHANGELOG.html#070---2025-07-24

#ArchLinux #RustLang #Packaging

First post on the Arch Linux development blog:

Specifications - David Runge

https://devblog.archlinux.page/2025/specifications/

#archlinux #linux #blog #alpm

I wrote a bit about the #ALPM #documentation:

https://devblog.archlinux.page/2025/specifications/

#ArchLinux #RustLang #SovereignTechFund