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.

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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 (Responsible: Emulatorman, throgh)
• Remove remnants of Arch GNU/Linux tools and replace with own implementations (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)

• Check all files with licenses issues ¹⁾ (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 ²⁾ (libc) → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
• See if some of those unlicensed files are copyrightable (libc) → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
• Check all files with licenses issues ³⁾ (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 ⁴⁾ (libc-headers) → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
• See if some of those unlicensed files are copyrightable (libc-headers) → DONE (Responsible: bUst4gr0)
• 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 → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: coadde)
• Build the ported userspace under FreeBSD bmake
• Test HyperbolaBSD pre-alpha version running on QEMU
• Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD pre-alpha

• Contact original authors to release unlicensed code under CC0 ⁵⁾ → 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”)
• Modularise kernel → DONE (Responsible: coadde)
• Modularise userspace → IN PROGRESS (Responsible: coadde)
• Remove all non-x86 specific source code in kernel
• Remove all non-x86 specific source code in libc
• Write compatible code under Simplified BSD License ⁶⁾ to replace the nonfree files in kernel
• Write compatible code under Simplified BSD License ⁷⁾ to replace the nonfree files in libc
• Replace nonfree tools/applications with fully free third-party ones in userspace
• Test HyperbolaBSD alpha version running on QEMU
• Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD alpha

• Develop hyperman ⁸⁾
• Develop hypertools ⁹⁾
• Port and test runit ¹⁰⁾
• Develop runit init scripts to run HyperbolaBSD
• Package the entire modularised HyperbolaBSD system with hyperman ¹¹⁾
• 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
• Contact Gerrit Pape¹²⁾ to let him know that runit runs on HyperbolaBSD

• Index incompatible packages and remove them from the git repositories
• Port and package all the remaining extra packages with hyperman ¹³⁾
• 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

• Announce officially the release of HyperbolaBSD
• EOL of Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre support ¹⁴⁾
• Contact the Free Software Fundation to endorse HyperbolaBSD in their list of Non-GNU Distributions
• Contact the Free Software Fundation to move Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre in their list of Historical GNU/Linux Distributions
• Restructuring of entire Hyperbola Project with HyperbolaBSD