commit: 8053a4354583cb8ef3ac28b903ef26eee571b1e1
parent 35f645e0bc6d456d57c120fc13e265701ea134ca
Author: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 20:17:19 -0700
More README tweaks
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -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
