{"id":750,"date":"2024-06-23T23:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/?p=750"},"modified":"2024-06-23T23:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:48:43","slug":"back-end-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"Back-End Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve started working on some back-end updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writing a Python program from scratch to build the installation package. This will replace the existing bash script. (&#8220;stagebuilder&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Writing a new installer program from scratch in Python. Also to replace the existing bash script. By necessity, stagebuilder must be done first.<\/li>\n<li>Updating the Decibel Linux git repo for both ebuild fixes\/updates and to start including binary packages to facilitate faster installs and updates.<\/li>\n<li>Writing an update script to make system updates easier for users.<\/li>\n<li>Creating a downloadable image file for CD\/USB for users to &#8220;try it first&#8221; and then install Decibel Linux from there if they want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No estimated completion date, but I have been spending a lot of time moving these things forward. Each one of these items is a tall order in itself, but all taken together will get Decibel Linux much farther along the path I envision for it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to show your appreciation, please consider becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/DecibelLinux\">Patreon patron<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve started working on some back-end updates: Writing a Python program from scratch to build the installation package. This will replace the existing bash script. (&#8220;stagebuilder&#8221;) Writing a new installer program from scratch in Python. Also to replace the existing bash script. By necessity, stagebuilder must be done first. Updating the Decibel Linux git repo&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/?p=750\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.decibellinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}