BSD: Shell Semibug, BSDCan 2023, FreeBSD Foundation, pkgsrc-2022Q4 branch released

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 02, 2023

• [Semibug] Crazy unix shell prompts

  I tripped across an idea recently which I'm not sure if
  it is brilliant or evil.  But I kinda like it.
  
  
  Standard unix shell prompt is a $ or # (or a number of
  other things, if you like unusual shells).  Every operating
  system I've used in the last 40 years has some kind of
  prompt...but that's not exactly a requirement.  And most of
  us start cramming other info into the prompt, for example,
  my standard prompt has grown to three lines -- a blank line,
  username at hostname, then the full path and the $ or #.
  

• [bsdcan-announce] BSDCan 2023 call for papers

  BSDCan 2023 will be held May 19-20 (Fri-Sat) May 2023 in Ottawa,
  at the University of Ottawa. It will be preceded by two
  days of tutorials on 17-18 May (Wed-Thu).
  
  
  Also: do not miss out on the Goat BOF on Tuesday 16 May (more
  details to follow later).
  
  
  We are now accepting proposals for talks.
  
  
  The talks should be designed with a very strong technical content bias.
  Proposals of a business development or marketing nature are not
  appropriate.
  

• 2022 in Review: Continuous Integration and Quality Assurance Update | FreeBSD Foundation

  The year 2022 was a busy and productive one for the FreeBSD Foundation. Continuous Integration (CI) and Quality Assurance (QA) is but one of many successful efforts the Foundation continues to support as a dedicated resource. We spoke with Li-Wen Hsu, one of the Foundation’s Software Engineers, to discuss his work on this project over the past year, and the plans he has for it this coming year.

• Conference Report: Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in Computing | FreeBSD Foundation

  We were thrilled to be part of the Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in Computing Conference September 29-30, 2022 here in Boulder, Colorado!

  Just a few years ago, we were gaining momentum on showcasing FreeBSD at women in computing conferences and university groups. But, that came to a standstill when Covid hit. We are now kickstarting that effort to attend more of these types of events, from meetups to celebration of women in computer conferences. So, I was thrilled when I saw the local Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in Computing was taking place here in Boulder Colorado in September!

• pkgsrc-2022Q4 branch released

  The pkgsrc developers are proud to announce the 77th quarterly release
  of pkgsrc, the cross-platform packaging system.  pkgsrc is available
  with more than 27,000 packages, and supports 23 platforms, of which 10
  are currently known to be working.  More information on pkgsrc itself
  is available at https://www.pkgsrc.org/
  
  
  In total, 215 packages were added, 63 packages were removed, and 2326
  package updates (to 1687 unique packages) were processed since the
  pkgsrc-2022Q3 release.  Updates include 56 perl5 packages, 570 Python
  packages, 184 Ruby packages, and 39 TeX packages.
  
  
  This announcement takes a high-level view, grouping related packages
  under a single name, and treating multiple versions of an upstream
  package as a logical unit.  Thus, 'gcc 12', while a new entry
  'lang/gcc12', is an update to 'lang/gcc*'.