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+title: "Announcing Vieter 0.4.0"
+date: 2022-10-01
+---
+
+Right at the start of October, I managed to release another version of Vieter!
+
+## What is Vieter?
+
+Vieter consists of two independents parts, namely an implementation of an Arch
+(Pacman) repository, & a build system to populate said repository. The goal is
+to remove the need for an AUR helper & move all builds to a remote server. Not
+only does this greatly reduce update times on lower-end systems, it also
+prevents AUR packages from being built multiple times on different systems.
+
+The repository can also be used independently, providing a convenient server
+for publishing Arch packages from CI builds for example.
+
+While I specifically mention Arch & the AUR, Vieter is compatible with any
+Pacman-based distro & can build PKGBUILDs provided from any Git source.
+
+## What's changed?
+
+### Renaming `repos` to `targets`
+
+Before 0.4.0, "repos" was the term used to describe the list of Git
+repositories that periodically get built on your Vieter instance. This term
+however was rather confusing, as the Vieter server itself also hosts Pacman
+repositories, making it difficult to correctly talk about the features. That's
+why I've made the decision to rename this to "targets". All CLI commands
+previously found under `vieter repos` can now be used via `vieter targets`
+instead. API routes have also been renamed.
+
+Along with this, a new kind of target can now be added which specifies the link
+to a PKGBUILD file, instead of a Git repository. This can for example be used
+to link a PKGBUILD that's contained inside some other Git repository that's not
+specifically used for that PKGBUILD.
+
+### Refactored web framework
+
+The underlying web framework has seen a proper refactor to better accomodate
+the rest of the codebase. All API routes can now be found under a versioned
+`/api/v1` prefix.
+
+The repository endpoints now support `DELETE` requests to remove packages,
+arch-repos & repos. All routes serving files (e.g. the repository routes) now
+support HTTP byte range requests, which not only allows Pacman to resume
+downloads after failure, but also allows tools such as
+[`axel`](https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel) to work properly
+using a Vieter server.
+
+Endpoints creating new entries on the server now return the ID of the newly
+created object (e.g. a target or a build log).
+
+### CLI UX
+
+The CLI has seen some useful changes. There's now a `-r` flag that makes
+Vieter's output better for scripting. Besides that, a small tool has been added
+to interact with the AUR and add AUR packages directly to your list of targets!
+
+`vieter targets add` and `vieter logs add` now return the ID of the newly
+created entry.
+
+## Interested?
+
+If you're interested in Vieter, considering joining
+[#vieter:rustybever.be](https://matrix.to/#/#vieter:rustybever.be) on Matrix!
+The source code can be found on my personal
+[Gitea](https://git.rustybever.be/vieter/vieter).