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2+title = "~2019.7.25 Update"
3+date = 2019-07-25
4+author = "~hidrel-fabtel"
5+description = "Urbit 0.8.0, new Landscape, %ames, %kale, Vere, Nix builds, and more."
6+aliases = ["/posts/updates/2019-7-25-update"]
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8+posts = ["Updates"]
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13+We released Urbit `v0.8.0` this week and breached the network. See the [release notes](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/releases/tag/v0.8.0). The Arvo sourcecode – previously in its own repository – has been merged into the [Urbit repository](https://github.com/urbit/urbit), and Urbit now builds with [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/).
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15+Amongst many exciting improvements and overall greater network stability, `v0.8.0` comes with a [new version of Landscape](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/tree/master/pkg/interface), which provides a framework for writing new apps and feels much more like using the operating system Urbit is.
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17+We ran into a slew of issues with the network after launch, which were fixed in part thanks to a modification to Vere that allows [direct event injection](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/pull/1389), thanks to **Philip** `~wicdev-wisryt`. You can find `~zod.2019.7.23` relase notes [here](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/releases/tag/zod.2019.7.23).
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19+**Jared** `~nidsut-tomdun` now the maintainer and release-manager of [Urbit](https://github.com/urbit/urbit), spent much of the past few weeks testing and then shepherding `v0.8.0` out the door.
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21+**Joe** `~master-morzod` has also been preparing `v0.8.0` for release, fixing numerous bugs, and simplifying Urbit's automagic DNS (`*.arvo.network`). He's also been looking into integrating [Jaque](https://github.com/frodwith/jaque) – a Graal/Truffle Nock interpreter intended to replace much of Vere – and an [`:acme`](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/pkg/arvo/app/acme.hoon) rewrite.
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23+**Philip** `~wicdev-wisryt` has been working on replacing `%jael` with [`%kale`](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/tree/philip/kale) and `:eth-watcher` with [azimuth-tracker](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/pull/1320).
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25+**Ted** `~rovnys-ricfer` has made great progress integrating new `%ames` ["alef"](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/tree/alef-breach). It can nearly say `|hi` to itself.
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27+**Elliot** `~littel-ponnys` has been working on an example social application that makes use of ring signatures in Arvo, called ["Safe"](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/tree/safe-prototype).
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29+**Ben** `~pitmug-roptec` has been [rewriting](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/tree/bs/uterm/pkg/hs-urbit/lib) Vere's "king" process – the part that interfaces with the host system – in Haskell toward improved maintainability. He's also working on a new language, called [Conq](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/bs/conq-attila-hoon/pkg/hs-conq/lib/Language/Conq.hs).
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31+**Mark** `~palfun-foslup` has been working on next-gen [Bridge](https://github.com/urbit/bridge/tree/mino) with **Matt** `@shrugs`, and [Peerlist](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/pull/1309), a mechanism for peer-discovery on the network.
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33+**Isaac** `~novlud-padtyv` and **Logan** `~tacryt-socryp` shipped the [new Landscape](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/tree/master/pkg/interface), which features a brand-new interface designed around an OS-like home screen and the ability to integrate new applications. Landscape too [has been merged](https://github.com/urbit/urbit/pull/1367) into the Urbit monorepo.
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35+Until next time.
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37+**Morgan** `~hidrel-fabtel`