Rocks Public Journal 2025-02-03

:rock: What’s new?

.NET9 container images

The new .NET9 container image is here! Find the images on dockerhub.

Chisel v1.1.0 release

We have released a new minor version of Chisel. v1.1.0 primarily adds support for Ubuntu Pro archives in Chisel. See the release notes to learn more!

Chisel docs is live!

Chisel docs webpage is live! Find them at https://canonical-chisel.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/. Feedbacks and contributions are most welcome!

Chisel supports hardlinks

Chisel currently supports extracting hard links properly. See the changes.

Chisel’s jsonwall and manifest packages are now public
This is needed in order to facilitate upstream support for scanning Chisel manifests. The changes have been merged and users can import the packages from the main branch until there is a versioned release of Chisel. Follow the discussion here and here.

New Chisel slices by contributors and reviewers
This pulse has seen quite a number of Chisel slice definition files to be merged in various releases, specially in noble (ubuntu-24.04). These include the long-awaited util-linux slices. Check out the new slices here.

:package: Miscellaneous

We’re excited to announce that we have additional registration for anyone interested in participating in our Rocks User Experience Research! Each session lasts about an hour and helps shape the future of Rockcraft.

We’re eager to hear from participants of all experience levels—from beginner to expert. If you’re interested in joining, please complete the form below.

https://forms.gle/ZnAwKRdPEgQz1cUc7


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