From cb3e8c6af7661fbcafdcacc7e0ecdfb610d098fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: V3n3RiX Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 09:27:03 +0100 Subject: gentoo resync : 09.06.2018 --- dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml (limited to 'dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml') diff --git a/dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml b/dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d31a82267686 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-util/ostree/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ + + + + + zmedico@gentoo.org + Zac Medico + + + This project is now known as "libostree", though it is + still appropriate to use the previous name: "OSTree" (or + "ostree"). The focus is on projects which use libostree's + shared library, rather than users directly invoking the command + line tools (except for build systems). However, in most of + the rest of the documentation, we will use the term "OSTree", + since it's slightly shorter, and changing all documentation + at once is impractical. We expect to transition to the new + name over time. + + As implied above, libostree is both a shared library and suite + of command line tools that combines a "git-like" model for + committing and downloading bootable filesystem trees, along + with a layer for deploying them and managing the bootloader + configuration. + + The core OSTree model is like git in that it checksums + individual files and has a content-addressed-object + store. It's unlike git in that it "checks out" the files + via hardlinks, and they thus need to be immutable to prevent + corruption. Therefore, another way to think of OSTree is that + it's just a more polished version of Linux VServer hardlinks. + + + Enable grub configuration generator + Use libsoup for networking + + + ostreedev/ostree + + -- cgit v1.2.3