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[[!meta title="Release Series 1"]]

This page documents the 1.x release series, which succeeds the
[[0.x_series|dev/releases/0]] and will eventually be succeeded by the
[[2.x_series|dev/releases/2]].

Life Cycle
==========

  * 2012-05-29: [Initial draft][arch-str-draft] of Architecture String Syntax
    specification
  * 2012-06-27: [Initial draft][spf-2.0-draft] of Source Package Format 2.0
    specification
  * 2012-07-26: [Start of development][opkhelper-2.0.0-start] on opkhelper
    2.0.0
  * 2012-09-04: [Start of development][opkbuild-3.0.0-start] on redesigned build
    system
  * 2012-10-11: Releases of [opkbuild 3.0.0-alpha1][opkbuild-3.0.0-alpha1] and
    [opkhelper 3.0.0-alpha1][opkhelper-3.0.0-alpha1]
  * 2013-05-11: Start of initial port
    [[bootstrap|dev/ports/core-linux-eglibc/bootstrap]]
  * 2013-05-31: [Start of development][initial-bootstrap-start] on initial port
    bootstrap scripts
  * 2013-07-03: ProteanOS [built itself][self-hosting]
  * 2013-09-10: [Release][pro-archman-1.0.0] of [[pro-archman|dev/pro-archman]]
    1.0.0
  * 2014-??: Projected release of version 1.0

For more information on remaining tasks, see the
[[roadmap|dev/releases/1/roadmap]].

[arch-str-draft]: http://git.proteanos.com/doc/specs.git/commit/?id=e0ab98c
[spf-2.0-draft]: http://git.proteanos.com/doc/specs.git/commit/?id=6ead5b7
[opkhelper-2.0.0-start]: http://git.proteanos.com/opkhelper/opkhelper.git/commit/?id=129aee4
[opkbuild-3.0.0-start]: http://git.proteanos.com/opkbuild/opkbuild.git/commit/?id=3e96c59
[opkbuild-3.0.0-alpha1]: http://git.proteanos.com/opkbuild/opkbuild.git/commit/?id=2e3378b
[opkhelper-3.0.0-alpha1]: http://git.proteanos.com/opkhelper/opkhelper.git/commit/?id=6f59eb5
[initial-bootstrap-start]: http://git.proteanos.com/porting/initial-bootstrap.git/commit/?id=14d460f
[self-hosting]: http://lists.proteanos.com/proteanos-dev/2013/07/msg00000.html
[pro-archman-1.0.0]: http://lists.proteanos.com/proteanos-dev/2013/09/msg00001.html


Release Goals
=============

Overall, the goal of this release is to make development of the distribution
much easier and to lower the barrier to entry for new contributors.  It should
be easy for developers to download and install on their existing systems a
development environment and to build software packages in that environment.

Notable Packages
----------------

  * GNU Linux-libre 3.4.x
  * BusyBox 1.21.x
  * opkg 0.2.0
  * EGLIBC 2.18
  * GCC 4.7.x
  * GNU Binutils 2.23
  * GNU Make 3.82
  * opkbuild 3.0.x
  * opkhelper 3.0.x

[[Complete_list|dev/releases/1/packages]]

New Features
------------

  * [[Native_and_cross_toolchain_packages|dev/releases/1/toolchains]]
  * [[Installation_bootstrap_tool|dev/opkbootstrap]]
  * [[Package_building_tool|dev/todo/package-cross-building-tool]]
  * [[Boot_sequencing|dev/todo/boot-sequencing]]
  * [[Partial multiarch_support|dev/releases/1/multiarch]]

Architectures
-------------

  * [[amd64-linux-glibc|dev/ports/core-linux-eglibc/bootstrap]]
  * [[i686-linux-glibc|dev/ports/i686-linux-eglibc-bootstrap]]

Programming Languages
---------------------

  * Assembly
  * C
  * C++
  * UNIX shell command language (and sed, awk, and dc)
  * UNIX makefile syntax
  * M4
  * Tcl
  * Expect

Formats and Policies
--------------------

  * [Source Package Format 2.0][spf-2.0]
  * [Architecture String Syntax][arch-str]
  * Multiarch
  * [Software Inclusion Policy][sip]
  * Packaging Policy 1.0

[spf-2.0]: http://specs.proteanos.com/spf-2.0/
[arch-str]: http://specs.proteanos.com/architecture-string.html
[sip]: http://policies.proteanos.com/inclusion/