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roberts:
The second release candidate of Core 4.3 is ready for public testing:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/4.x/x86/release_candidates

The major theme for Core v4.3 is self contained mountable/unmountable applicaton extensions.

Change log RC1:
* New scm-load for new extension type supports icon removals and menu updates from all supported window managers.
* New scm an 'ab' like command line tool to maintain scms, browser repo, list local, install, uninstall, add to boot, and remove from boot, etc.
* New scmbrowser an FLTK GUI to manage your scm extensions.
* New scm-fetch.sh and scm-search new internally used support programs for scms.
* Updated tce-setup to load/mount scm via scmboot.lst
* Updated busybox with latest password patch.
* Updated tce-update to use md5.db file for quick updating and checking with AppsAudit.
* Updated tc-functions to correct virtual disk mounting.
* Updated tc-config to support CSV in blacklist boot code.
* Updated rc.shutdown to allow persistent home & opt inside a virtual loop mounuted disk.
* Updated tc-terminal-server for new core name.
* wbar.tcz new icon for scmbrowser, code cleanup in rm icon and nohup to wbar.sh
* Xlibs.tcz added Sytem Tools menu for scm.
* Xprogs.tcz for new scmbrowser.

Note: All seven supported window managers have been updated to support scm type extensions.
I have recently posted them to the regular tcz repository.

You will need to update your WM as well as Xlibs, Xprogs, and wbar which are in the release candidate area.

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Change log RC2:
* Updated scmbrowser Local->Updates option. Unmounted updates in place, mounted/in use requires reboot.
* Updated appbrowser mirror/search GUI anomaly and writable TCEDIR as reported.
* Updated Xlibs.tcz, Xprogs.tcz, and wbar.tcz to support Xprogs.tcz OnDemand.
* Minor adjustments to freedesktop items as requested.
* New scmbrowser icon.

Note must update your Xlibs.tcz, Xprogs.tcz, and wbar.tcz as may be required.

maro:
After gazing at the change in '/usr/bin/setupdesktop' for a bit I've come to the conclusion that merely adding a comment line was probably not the aim. In particular the fact that the comment is (apart for the leading '# ') identical to the following line, makes me wonder if this is rather an attempt to disable said line gone wrong. And that the line was just not removed as it was probably intended.

bmarkus:
What is about .scm dependency handling? For example l3afpad.scm depends on gtk3.scm and Xorg-7.6-libs.tcz but they are not installed ScmBowser so you have to find what is missing and install manually. OK, if something is self contained it means no dependencies, however...

bmarkus:
An .scm doesn't get mounted at next boot, you have to add it manually to the boot list. It would be logical to add automatically. If it is downloaded, user want to use it in most cases.

roberts:

--- Quote from: maro on February 06, 2012, 04:41:16 PM ---After gazing at the change in '/usr/bin/setupdesktop' for a bit I've come to the conclusion that merely adding a comment line was probably not the aim. In particular the fact that the comment is (apart for the leading '# ') identical to the following line, makes me wonder if this is rather an attempt to disable said line gone wrong. And that the line was just not removed as it was probably intended.

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:-[

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