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ProteanOS needs more contributors! If you're interested in getting involved,
please [[contact_us|contact]] on the IRC channel and/or mailing list.
There are a variety of ways in which you can help shape the future of this
operating system distribution:
Software Packaging
==================
Packaging is the preparation of build instructions and metadata for software
programs and libraries to be built and installed on users' systems.
Source packages have a documented [format][spf-2.0], and
[[tutorials_on_packaging|doc/pkg]] are available.
There is always [[more_software_to_be_packaged|dev/pkg/needed]], and
[[one_package|dev/pkg/spf-2.0]] needs to be updated to the latest package
format. [15 packages][src_pkgs_spring2015] prepared by a team of students in
the spring 2015 NJIT CCS Capstone program need to be reviewed for uploading to
the package archive.
But the work doesn't end after a package is prepared and uploaded; maintaining
existing packages is also important. ProteanOS currently has
[[81_source_packages_(403_binary_packages)|dev/releases/1/packages]]. Many of
these have newer upstream versions and can be updated. Some have patches that
can be dropped when updating to a newer upstream version. Some others have
patches that may be of interest outside ProteanOS but have not yet been
submitted upstream.
Most source packages are maintained in [Git repositories][git-pkg]. You can
request a repository for your package on the [mailing list][proteanos-dev]. To
make changes to a package, it is recommended that you send patches to the
[mailing list][proteanos-dev] and the maintainer listed in the package's
`control` file. If you would like to become a co-maintainer or take over
maintenance of a package, you should coordinate with the listed maintainer (if
reachable) and the [mailing list][proteanos-dev] to gain commit rights to the
package's Git repository.
[spf-2.0]: http://specs.proteanos.com/spf-2.0/
[git-pkg]: http://git.proteanos.com/pkg/
[src_pkgs_spring2015]: http://files.proteanos.com/pub/pkg/src_pkgs_spring2015/
[proteanos-dev]: http://lists.proteanos.com/proteanos-dev/
Software Development
====================
The ProteanOS community maintains and uses a number of distribution development
and infrastructure tools, including the [ProteanOS Development Kit][prokit],
[opkbuild][], [[opkhelper|dev/opkhelper]], the
[[ProteanOS_Archive_Manager|dev/pro-archman]], and the
[Text::MarkdownBook][markdownbook] Perl library. Bug reports, feature
suggestions, and patches are welcome.
A simple build daemon infrastructure has been
[[designed|dev/todo/buildd-infra]].
[opkbuild]: http://git.proteanos.com/opkbuild/opkbuild.git/
[prokit]: http://git.proteanos.com/prokit/prokit.git/
[markdownbook]: http://git.proteanos.com/markdownbook/markdownbook.git/
Technical Documentation
=======================
Specifications
--------------
In development is the [Source Package Format 2.0 specification][spf-2.0].
[[Instructions|dev/specs]] to clone and build the specifications are available.
Policies
--------
To be written is a Packaging Policy.
Release Series
ProteanOS is released in [[series|dev/releases]]. Development is currently
focused on [[release_series_1|dev/releases/1]].
[[See_the_list_of_remaining_tasks_for_ProteanOS_1.0|dev/releases/1/todo]].
Architecture Ports
ProteanOS is designed to portable to many different
[[hardware_architectures|dev/ports/hardware]],
[[system_kernels|dev/ports/kernels]], and
[[C/C++_libraries|dev/ports/libraries]]. A number of [[ports|dev/ports/list]]
are planned.