For simplicity and cleanliness sake, please use the following abbreviations for the status of tasks:
If the status is 'HW', that means we are seeking developers to help with it. If you would like to help with a task that is not listed as HW (Help Wanted) or already has a developer assigned, please contact that developer directly (see https://cucumberlinux.com/developers.php for developer contact info). Otherwise, please contact Scott (scott@cucumberlinux.com).
This is a rough, working release timeline. It will be update become more detailed as the 2.0 development/release cycle progresses.
| Package | Package Group | Packager | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibreSSL | net-base/libressl | Scott Court | DONE | We will be replacing OpenSSL with LibreSSL in Cucumber Linux 2.0 due to LibreSSL's superior security. |
| Meson | dev-general/meson | Scott Court | NS, HW | This was added in LFS 8.1 and some packages have hinted that they will be transitioning to the ninja/meson build system. Xorg will be switching to ninja/meson in the next release, so this will be necessary to build future X servers. |
| Ninja | dev-general/ninja | Scott Court | NS, HW | This was added in LFS 8.1 and some packages have hinted that they will be transitioning to the ninja/meson build system. Xorg will be switching to ninja/meson in the next release, so this will be necessary to build future X servers. |
| i3 | x-general/i3 | Maarten Hendrickx | NS | Why not? Everyone loves i3! |
| OpenBox | x-general/openbox | Scott Court | NS, HW | This will complete our goal of adding three window managers: one that can completely stand alone well (WindowMaker), one basic windowing manager (OpenBox) and one tiling manager (i3). |
| Neovim | base/neovim | Scott Court | DONE | We will be replacing Vim with Neovim in Cucumber Linux 2.0 since Neovim is more functional, modern and secure than Vim (and Neovim still maintains backwards compatibility with Vim). |
| qt5 | x-general/qt5 | Scott Court | NS, HW | More and more stuff is coming to depend on qt5 specifically, so we'll add it to satisfy those packages. |
| rustc | dev-general/rustc | Scott Court | DONE | Firefox 60 ESR requires a Rust compiler to build. |
| Package | Package Group | Developer | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCC | dev-base/gcc | None | HW | Enable Go support |
| LLVM | dev-general/llvm | None | WIP | Enable the Clang & Clang++ front ends |
These packages have already been built (or will have already been built) by the time we start building 2.0; however, they are not included in a base or general package group and are therefore not included on the installer and are not installed by default. This is a list of packages that will be moved into a mainline base or general group come Cucumber Linux 2.0.
| Package | New Package Group | Old Package Group |
|---|---|---|
| Pale Moon | xapps-general/palemoon | xapps-extra/palemoon |
| Dovecot | net-general/dovecot | net-extra/dovecot |
| OpenSMTPD | net-general/opensmtpd | net-extra/opensmtpd |
| VSFTPD | net-general/vsftpd | net-extra/vsftpd |
| mailx | net-general/mailx | net-extra/mailx |
| libasr | lib-general/libasr | lib-extra/libasr |
| libevent | lib-general/libevent | lib-extra/libevent |
| Package | Package Group | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL | net-base/openssl | We will be replacing OpenSSL with LibreSSL. |
| Vim | base/vim | We will be replacing Vim with Neovim. |
| Python 2 | lang-base/python2 | Python 2 will cease being supported at the end of 2019. |
| Package | Old Version (1.1) | New Version (2.0) |
|---|---|---|
| Kernel | ||
| base/linux | 4.9 | 4.14 |
| kernel/linux-source | 4.9 | 4.14 |
| Toolchain | ||
| base/glibc | 2.23 | 2.27 |
| dev-base/binutils | 2.26 | 2.30 |
| dev-base/gcc | 5.3.0 | 7.3.0 |
| Daemons | ||
| net-general/dovecot | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| net-general/mariadb | 10.1 | 10.3 |
| net-general/rsync | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 |
| Scripting Language Interpreters | ||
| lang-base/perl | 5.26 | 5.28 |
| lang-general/php | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| lang-base/python3 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Libraries | ||
| base/ncurses | 6.0 | 6.1 |
| base/readline | 6.3 | 7.0 |
| net-base/libressl | N/A | 2.7.3 |
| Utilities | ||
| base/coreutils | 8.25 | 8.29 |
| net-base/gnupg | 2.1 | 2.2 |
The rationale for these decisions is explained at https://cucumberlinux.com/~scott/release_proposals/.
The full list of core packages can be found at the Core Packages page.
Here is a brief guide on how to read the tables below:
This is the to do list for miscellaneous development tasks for Cucumber Linux 2.0. For the general Cucumber Linux to do list, see the To Do Page.
| # | Status | Developer(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NS, HW | Scott Court | Add multilingual support to the installer. |
| 2 | NS, HW | Scott Court | Neaten up the installer and move configuration tasks into setup scripts. |
| 3 | NS | Maarten Hendrickx | Translate the installer into French. |
| 4 | NS | Maarten Hendrickx | Translate the installer into Dutch. |
| 5 | NS | Scott Court | Add optional dependency resolution to Pickle. |
| 6 | NS | Scott Court | Maybe add some way to do automatic updates? |
| 7 | NS | Scott Court | Rewrite Pickle. |
| 8 | NS, HW | Scott Court | Add file checksum and post installation package integrity verification to the package management system . |
| 9 | NS, HW | Scott Court | Add support for doinstonly.sh and doupgradeonly.sh to pkgtools. Also make installpkg/upgradepkg run the setup.* scripts. |
| 10 | DONE | Scott Court | Make a 4.14 kernel configuration and update the kernel to 4.14. |
| 11 | DONE | Maarten Hendrickx | Update the toolchain and test it. |
| 12 | DONE | Maarten Hendrickx | Make an automated system for building the Linux from Scratch chapter 5 environment. |
| 13 | WIP | Everyone | Convert the Cucumber 1.x buildscript to Cucumber 2.x buildinfo files. See assignments/progress here. |
| 14 | WIP | Everyone | Update packages to new versions. See assignments/progress here. |