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Asm 0.6.0

2026-11-05T10:16:09Z

Consolidate hello and math into one project each, with seven target subdirectories and one manifest.
Add selected-target standalone Linux builds, isolated outputs, and test builds without execution.
Add target-specific exact dependencies in v2 locks while retaining v1 compatibility.
Validate every project recipe and lock row before changing artifacts or dependency state.
Reject response-file source and checker paths before invoking build tools.
Link assembly projects against named native libraries with optional compile-only ABI checks.
Preserve native manifest syntax, v1 locks, legacy archive limits, and earlier published release bytes.

2026-11-04T23:41:40Z

Record executable installations, including explicit output paths, in a bounded local inventory.
Add asm installed, asm upgrade, and asm uninstall on all three supported CLI hosts.
Check case and Unicode path aliases with the destination filesystem before installation.
Reject inventory records that claim the same installed file before upgrade or uninstall.
Retain the recorded destination and registry origin during upgrades; reject downgrades and changed bytes for an equal version.
Refuse changed or unmanaged files and preserve prior files after ordinary commit failures.
Keep update and remove for source dependencies; retain unmanaged installations without automatic adoption.
Add a disabled bundled-verifier profile for signed update authorization and release provenance.
Keep production activation gated on offline keys, metadata renewal, review, and recovery qualification.
Return a nonzero exit status when core command output cannot be written.
Ignore local Git object replacements when packaging committed source or checking published history.
Check the aggregate source-byte limit before reading each file.
Clarify the repository layout, reference manifest, host support, and retained measurement instructions.

Published 0.4.0 artifacts remain unchanged and do not include installed-program management. See the release notes and installed-program contract.

2026-11-01T19:08:39Z

Add an Apple Silicon macOS 15 CLI using native assembly, Mach-O, and libSystem adapters.
Qualify project, registry, archive, dependency, publication, installer, and updater behavior on native macOS.
Select release artifacts by operating system and ISA; use macOS tools without GNU Coreutils.
Bind updates to the running executable vnode, protected APFS paths, ACL policy, and signed release provenance.
Preserve the Linux feed for released clients and add a macOS-compatible feed.
Require native final-byte qualification and exact-commit artifact transfer before release provenance signing.
Keep Intel macOS unsupported. Developer ID signing and notarization are not provided.

2026-11-01T09:33:04Z

Add a native ARM64 Linux CLI with the same command and verification contracts.
Select a published x86-64 or ARM64 executable with one bootstrap command.
Keep unsupported hosts and wrong-architecture artifacts out of the installation path.
Build separate architecture artifacts and compare two clean builds for each release executable.
Require the CLI contract suite on native x86-64 and ARM64 CI runners.
Replace quadratic catalog identity checks with bounded heap sort.
Buffer registry output and return failure when the output cannot be written.
Publish the x86-64 benchmark inputs, raw measurements, regressions, and reproduction steps.

2026-11-01T02:01:13Z

Install the CLI with a bounded bootstrap script and signed release verification.
Update the installed command with native asm self update.
Bind each CLI update to the fixed workflow, repository identity, source commit, and artifact digest.
Preserve the installed command on download, signature, permission, or replacement failure.
License the Asm platform under AGPL-3.0-or-later.
Keep starter text and reference examples under explicit MIT terms.
Show license, warranty, and source information with asm license.
Accept AGPL package records in the native CLI and registry validator.
Preserve and display the license of each package version.
Include the applicable license notices in release source archives.

Asm 0.1.0 retains its original MIT license. See the release notes and license scope.

2026-11-01T00:29:24Z

The first alpha establishes the project workflow, curated registry, and assembly CLI.

Create, build, run, test, and clean Linux x86-64 assembly projects.
Search packages, inspect versions, fetch artifacts, and install checked host executables.
Add, update, remove, verify, and restore exact direct source dependencies.
Prepare publication records from actual source archives and executable bytes.
Serve package metadata, source references, check states, and observed download counts.
Build deterministic release artifacts from an exact source commit.
Supply hello examples for x86-64, AArch64, and RISC-V, plus a source library example.

See the release notes for the support boundary and remaining work.