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HyperbolaBSD Roadmap

HyperbolaBSD Roadmap

Todo lists are used by the developers when a software development is needed. This is common when there is a software development plan, such as the inclusion of new code or port code to the HyperbolaBSD kernel or userspace, new features, etc. The progress can be tracked here, and completed todo lists can be browsed as well.

Important notes

HyperbolaBSD is under a progressive migration by replacing all non GPL-compatible code. It will be replaced with new compatible code under Simplified BSD License¹⁾. We do this in order to incorporate GPL code from other projects such as ReactOS, as well new code from scratch.

Generic for Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre

We do what we can about fixing packages. Nevertheless we have to approve stability and security first for everything. Please be aware that you can do package-builds also on your own and share them with the community for supporting also the further development of Hyperbola as project and system. We like to work together on this. Also we do not add new packages on demand, especially not when they are only for GNU/Linux-systems. In that case please provide your own sources and ports. Thank you!

Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Milky Way v0.4.1

Further work on GNU/Linux-libre for transitional release into HyperbolaBSD

~~Add further packages within context of missing protocols, additions for free and libre gaming and applications for digital book-publication~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)

Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Milky Way v0.4.2

Full integration of runit

~~Add further packages within context of backup-software and supporting libraries, additions for free and libre video and audio-production~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Testing and fixing runit-integration~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)

Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Milky Way v0.4.3

Updates and fixes for UXP-applications, going for a stable desktop-experience

~~Fix and update packages reported being malfunctional or missing features~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Fix generic reports for major applications like UXP-based for example~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Optimize desktop-experience for Hyperbola~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Migrate build server to new VPS instance~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Create CI infrastructure with Laminar to build, sign and release packages to repos~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Create VPN and SSH infrastructure in build server with hardened security~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Create job scripts in Laminar to build and release packages to repos~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Test new build server~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Add bsdmainutils (lorder) to build the HyperbolaBSD userspace~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Add HyperbolaBSD partition support (MBR and GPT) in gptfdisk~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Add HyperbolaBSD partition support (MBR and GPT) in util-linux (fdisk)~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Add HyperbolaBSD partition support (MBR and GPT) in parted~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: no needed)
~~Package modified gptfdisk~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Package modified util-linux (fdisk)~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Package modified parted~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: no needed)
~~Build modified gptfdisk~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Build modified util-linux (fdisk)~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Build modified parted~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: no needed)

Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Milky Way v0.4.4

Enhancements for productivity and Hyperbola's infrastructure

~~Fix and update packages reported being malfunctional or missing features~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Further preparations for HyperbolaBSD by removing non-compliant packages and features~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Audit for fixing not fully freedom-compliant packages~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)
~~Possible setup for own keyserver-solution~~ → DONE (Responsible: throgh)

Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Milky Way v0.4.5

Enhancements for installation

Fix and update packages reported being malfunctional or missing features → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: throgh)
Reduce ISO-image and rebuild essential packages → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: throgh)
Documentation for offline-installation (Responsible: throgh)
Ways forward to reach offline-installation (Responsible: throgh)
Remove pacman for finally supporting hyperman as drop-in replacement → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: Emulatorman, throgh, HarvettFox96)
Remove remnants of Arch GNU/Linux tools and replace with own implementations → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: throgh)
Remove further packages being GNU/Linux-only focussed → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: throgh)
Enhancements for fonts and spell-checking → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: throgh)
Enhancements for work without eudev / udev → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: throgh, HarvettFox96)

Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Milky Way v0.4.6

Final release for GNU/Linux-libre based version of Hyperbola

Fix and update packages reported being malfunctional or missing features (Responsible: throgh)
Removal of udev-support and replacing with mdev (Responsible: HarvettFox96, saravia, throgh)

HyperbolaBSD Canis Major v0.99-pre-alpha

Develop the HyperbolaBSD system

~~Modularise kernel~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Check all files with licenses issues ²⁾ (kernel)~~ → DONE (Responsible: Emulatorman and bUst4gr0)
~~See if some of those unlicensed files are copyrightable in kernel (kernel)~~ → DONE (Responsible: Emulatorman and bUst4gr0)
~~Check all files with licenses issues ³⁾ (libc)~~ → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
~~See if some of those unlicensed files are copyrightable (libc)~~ → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
~~Check all files with licenses issues ⁴⁾ (libc-extra)~~ → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
~~See if some of those unlicensed files are copyrightable (libc-extra)~~ → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
~~Check all files with licenses issues ⁵⁾ (libc-headers)~~ → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
~~See if some of those unlicensed files are copyrightable (libc-headers)~~ → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
~~Contact original authors to release unlicensed code under CC0 ⁶⁾~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: Decided to replace all of them with new compatible code)
~~Contact original authors to remove the obnoxious BSD advertising clause~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: Planned for the “HyperbolaBSD Sagittarius Roadmap”)
~~Develop userspace for i386 architecture~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: only some code will be ported)
~~Adapt userspace under FHS for i386 version (eg. binaries and libraries)~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: only some code will be ported)
~~Modularise userspace~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: only some code will be ported)
~~Rebrand kernel~~ → DONE (Responsible: Emulatorman)
~~Rebrand userspace~~ → DONE (Responsible: Emulatorman)
~~Rebrand Xenocara~~ → DONE (Responsible: Emulatorman)
~~Remove nonfree firmware blobs~~ → DONE (Responsible: Emulatorman)
~~Port kernel from binutils 2.17 to 2.34 (with HyperbolaBSD patches)~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Port kernel from GCC 4.2.1 to 8.4.0 (with HyperbolaBSD patches)~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Port kernel from GNU C99 to GNU C17 standard~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Port userspace from binutils 2.17 to 2.34 (with HyperbolaBSD patches)~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Port userspace from GCC 4.2.1 to 8.4.0 (with HyperbolaBSD patches)~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Port userspace from GNU C99 to GNU C17 standard~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Build the ported kernel under FreeBSD bmake~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Prepare cleaned LLVM libraries without GCC dependencies~~ → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
~~Repackage LLVM without GCC dependencies~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: no needed for now)
~~Package LLVM for cross-building~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: no needed for now)
~~Develop LLVM for HyperbolaBSD~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: no needed for now)
~~Build userspace under FreeBSD bmake and LLVM~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: no needed for now)
~~Debug userspace and fix binary issues~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: only some code will be ported)
~~Replace nonfree tools/applications with fully free third-party ones in userspace~~ → CANCELLED (Reason: only some code will be ported)
~~Develop kernel for i386 architecture~~ → DONE (Responsible: Emulatorman)
Port musl ⁷⁾ → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: coadde)
Port bsdutils ⁸⁾
Port bsdcore ⁹⁾
Port ash ¹⁰⁾
Port zsh ¹¹⁾
Port runit ¹²⁾
Replace BSD init enviroment with runit one (See here for further info)
Port ffsprogs ¹³⁾
Port e2fsprogs ¹⁴⁾
Port dosfstools ¹⁵⁾
Port the required GRUB dependencies
Port GRUB ¹⁶⁾
Test HyperbolaBSD pre-alpha version running on QEMU
Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD pre-alpha (Responsible: throgh)
Contact musl developers at their mailing list to let them know that musl runs on HyperbolaBSD
Contact Gerrit Pape¹⁷⁾ to let him know that runit runs on HyperbolaBSD

HyperbolaBSD Canis Major v0.99-alpha

Port hyperman/hypertools for the HyperbolaBSD system

Port the required hyperman/hypertools dependencies
Port hyperman ¹⁸⁾
Port hypertools ¹⁹⁾
Test HyperbolaBSD alpha version running on QEMU
Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD alpha

HyperbolaBSD Canis Major v0.99-beta

Package the HyperbolaBSD system

Package the entire modularised HyperbolaBSD system with hyperman ²⁰⁾
Develop the HyperbolaBSD live image
Test HyperbolaBSD live image
Port and test Xenocara
Test HyperbolaBSD beta version running on QEMU
Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD beta

HyperbolaBSD Canis Major v1.0-rc

Port possible extra packages from Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre to HyperbolaBSD

Index incompatible packages and remove them from the git repositories
Port and package all the remaining extra packages with hyperman ²¹⁾
Develop hyperutils from scratch under C++
Develop hypercore from scratch under C++
Test HyperbolaBSD final version running on QEMU
Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD release candidate
Contact Haelwenn Monnier to let him know that BadWolf runs on HyperbolaBSD

HyperbolaBSD Canis Major v1.0

Release HyperbolaBSD

Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD
EOL of Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre support ²²⁾
Contact the Free Software Fundation to endorse HyperbolaBSD in their list of Non-GNU Distributions
Contact the Free Software Fundation to change Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre as “static” ²³⁾ in their list of GNU/Linux Distributions
Restructuring of entire Hyperbola Project with HyperbolaBSD

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Known also as FreeBSD License or 2-clause BSD License

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Non-free licenses, unlicensed

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Known as Creative Commons 0 or Public Domain

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C standard library (“libc”) implementing the interfaces defined by the ISO C and POSIX standards, plus common extensions

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BSD utilities

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BSD core utilities

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Almquist shell (also known as A Shell, ash and sh) is a lightweight Unix shell originally written by Kenneth Almquist in the late 1980s.

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UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh)

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UNIX init scheme with service supervision

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Suite of command-line utilities for “FFS file system”, the Berkeley Fast File System

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Suite of command-line utilities for ext2

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Utilities for creating, checking, and labeling FAT (File Allocation Table) family file systems, such as FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32

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Boot loader package from the GNU Project

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The runit author

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The HyperbolaBSD package manager

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Programs for HyperbolaBSD development

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Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre frozen in old-stable for transition reasons

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Static operating systems normally run from a live media. Since it will not receive security updates, it should be used offline