Merged Major Updates, Standardization, and Next Steps

[MickLesk]

Dear Contributors and Collaborators and others,

We are pleased to announce that PR #710 and PR #643 have been successfully merged! 🎉

✨ Highlights of the Core-Updates

🚀 Features

• 🏷️ CT.sh Tagging: Tags can now be assigned to CT.sh files and are transferred to Proxmox.
• 📜 Extended MOTD: Enhanced display information.
• ⚙️ Base Default Settings: Predefined settings in CT.sh files (customizable if needed).
• 🌐 IPv4/IPv6 Ping Extension: Improved network testing functionality.
• 🎨 Optimized UI/UX: Updated color schemes and improved navigation (Default/Advanced settings).
• 🔄 Spinner Update: Smoother and more efficient loading animation.
• 🐧 Ubuntu 24.10 Support: Added compatibility.
• 🏔️ Improved Alpine Support: Transition to stable 3.20 and enhanced installation scripts.
• ⚙️ Default Settings with verbose: Now its possible to activate the verbose directly in whiptail dialogue.

🔧 Changes

• 🗂️ Streamlined CT.sh: Old versions remain compatible.
• 🛠️ Resource Queries: Prompt for updates even with system constraints.
• 💬 Whiptail Dialogs: Adapted for a better user experience.
• 🌟 Future Preparations: Enhanced readiness for Fedora, CentOS, RockLinux, AlmaLinux, and openSUSE as LXC installations.

🐛 Bugfixes

• ❌ Error Handling: Improved robustness.
• 🪛 Variable Declaration: Clean and standardized.
• 🖨️ Optimized Echo Outputs: Simplified and clarified script output messages.

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🧾 Standardization Efforts

Aligned with PR #643, the following standardizations have been implemented:

• 📄 Unified Headers: Consistent across all scripts.
• ✅ Completion Standardization: Uniform “Completed” indications.
• 🏷️ TAGs in CT Scripts: Every CT now supports tagging.
• 🔗 License & Author Merging: License and author details now consolidated into a single line.
• ⚙️ Default Values: Standardized and differentiated based on privileges.
• 🌍 Origin Source URL: Every script now includes its source.
• 📏 Indentation Alignment: Consistent formatting across scripts.

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📅 Next Steps

🚀 In Part 3, we’ll introduce a Contributor Guide and Templates. A first draft will be shared soon, and we encourage your feedback and participation!

🙏 Thank you for your contributions and patience as we enhance our standards and processes. Let’s continue building amazing solutions together!

Best regards,
The Community-Scripts Team

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