About the xPack flex
The project
The xPack flex project is part of the
xPack Reproducible Build Framework
and is hosted on GitHub as
xpack-dev-tools/flex-xpack,
part of the xPack Binary Development Tools.
This project currently functions as a supplementary tool for building the main xPack Development Tools. Since these tools are exclusively built on macOS and GNU/Linux, to reduce maintenance efforts, for now there are no Windows binaries. However, the project is versatile and can be used in any builds; if necessary, Windows binaries can be added in future releases.
Project history
The project was created in August 2023.
August 2023
The first xPack flex release was v2.6.4-1, but it was soon deprecated, due to the absolute paths used in the generated perl scripts, requiring post-install actions, not yet supported by xpm.
August 2024
The project underwent a comprehensive restructuring. To streamline the top
package.json by showcasing only user-related definitions and concealing
build-related ones, all build-related files were relocated to the
build-assets folder. Furthermore, the development Git branch was
renamed to xpack-development for enhanced clarity.
The web site
In September 2024 the website content was added in the website folder,
as an instance of the Docusaurus template. Additionally a GitHub Action
was added to automatically publish the site upon any pushes to the
website Git branch.
The author
This project is currently maintained by Liviu Ionescu (ilg-ul), a senior computer engineer, with expertise in C++/C embedded systems, RTOSes, build tools, operating systems, compilers and Internet technologies.
He can be reached at <ilg@livius.net>.
Please note, this email address is provided as a courtesy.
For all correspondence related to the xPack flex
project, kindly use the project support page).