Backlog

This document is meant as a list of planned changes. While their inclusion here means their implementation is desirable, the timing will depend on other priorities that could be unlisted.

Configuration

• Allow imperative configuration commands through a parsed file containing instructions

Package management

• When deciding to install/uninstall packages, there should be the option to also add/remove them from the configuration, both interactively and non-interactively
• Add install, uninstall and query commands to check the status of packages and simultaneously add/remove to/from system and configuration
  • Once install/uninstall and add/remove to/from configuration conflict resolution strategies have been implemented, the same functions can be reused to implement this

File management

• Allow merging spare files on ~/.config/tori/base by specifying where they should be copied to
• Add an option to delete file from configuration when it’s not found on the system

Metaconfiguration

• Make configurable:

  • authorizer command (sudo/doas/su)
  • package cache update frequency (currently defaults to daily)

• Configurable hostname discernment:

  • extension, as in packages.hostname, base.hostname base/file.hostname, hostname.conf
  • directory, as in hostname/packages, hostname/base, hostname.conf

Argument parsing

• Add short options
  • Let parser expand short options into long ones for returning

Utilities

• Add a --break flag to the log function to print a newline before any output
  • Add this flag to the log debug "user:\n$user_packages" call on scan_packages() in configuration.sh
• set_opts() would be more ergonomic if it took on and off instead of - and +

Help

• Move the help function a dedicated help directory
  • Add nested calls so that help <command> can be used to get help on a specific command’s usage