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@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ even across package boundaries. Any POSIX system with git, lua, curl, a sha256 utility, standard compression utilities, and an `x86_64-linux-musl` cross compiler -can be used to bootstrap oasis. This makes it trivial to cross-compile -oasis, even from non-Linux systems such as macOS or OpenBSD. +can be used to bootstrap oasis. This makes it trivial to cross-compile, +even from non-Linux systems such as macOS or OpenBSD. * **BearSSL** is the system TLS and crypto library. @@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ can then be merged into `/`, or pulled from another machine. [specifications]: https://github.com/oasislinux/oasis/blob/master/config.def.lua#L9-L12 -* Integration with **OS-agnostic package systems**. +* Integrates well with **OS-agnostic package systems**. Although the aim is to provide a complete system, there is a lot of free software out there, a lot of which does not match up well to our goals. Rather than trying to build and maintain yet another -repository with thousands of packages, oasis integrates well with -[pkgsrc] and [nix]. This makes it easy to extend your system with -software you might need, while keeping the base system small and -focused. +repository with thousands of packages, oasis works well with [pkgsrc] +and [nix]. This makes it easy to extend your system with software +you might need, while keeping the base system small and focused. [pkgsrc]: https://github.com/oasislinux/oasis/wiki/pkgsrc [nix]: https://nixos.org/nix @@ -103,8 +102,10 @@ with cproc. * Software components should allow for easy customization and/or modification. * Package sources should be referenced through a URL or git submodule, - but not included directly in the oasis repository. + but not included directly. * `/etc` should be simple enough to be understood in its entirety. +* Patches should be well organized, have good descriptions, and + should always apply cleanly. ## Install @@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ These packages are grouped into logical [sets], and the full list is available in the [pkg] directory. If your favorite software is missing, keep in mind that you can -still install it via pkgsrc or nix. +likely still install it via pkgsrc or nix. [sets]: https://github.com/oasislinux/oasis/blob/master/sets.lua [pkg]: https://github.com/oasislinux/oasis/blob/master/pkg |