Haiku Alpha 1 Status Whiteboard

This page acts as a status whiteboard for the Haiku R1 alpha 1 release. It should contain a list of tasks that need to be completed.

Alpha 1 proposals

There was a discussion, then followed a vote, and now we have a list of proposals for alpha 1. Below is the final list of accepted proposals.

• ​#1: All known bugs that cause data corruption need to be resolved before the release
• ​#4: Release as the GCC 2/4 hybrid
• ​#6: Recruit a Release Coordinator that investigates the needed steps
• ​#8: Finish and Include Swap File Support - Done and enabled (bonefish)
• ​#9: Fully Integrate I/O Scheduler
• ​#12: ATA bus manager
• Software
• ​#20: Development tools Included, but are being refreshed - owner: Ingo
  • gcc 2.95.3
  • autoconf-2.61
  • automake-1.10.1
  • bison-2.3
  • flex-2.5.35
  • jam
  • m4
  • libtool-1.5.26
  • texinfo-4.11
  • Perl 5.10
• ​#21: Firefox - 2.0.0.12 included, but should be updated - updated to 2.0.0.17 and includes vector icon - stippi.
• ​#22: OSS - In process - owner: François
• ​#23: BePDF - Done - owner: Michael Pfeiffer
• ​#24: BeBook In Process - owner: Urias (note: still waiting for an updated version from Simon - Urias)
• ​#25: WonderBrush Included, but may be refreshed - owner: Stephan Aßmus
• ​#27: Vision - Done and already included
• ​#28: CVS - Done and already included
• ​#29: Subversion Included, but may be refreshed - owner: Niels Reedijk
• ​#31: Python - In process - owner: HaikuPorts
• ​#33: Makefile Engine - Done and already included
• ​#34: Pe - Included, but could use a refreshed Haiku build - owner(s): ​Pe project page
• ​#36: Yasm - Done and already included
• Distribution
• ​#50: Distribute as ISO that functions as LiveCD
• ​#51: Distribute as Live USB stick
• ​#52: Distribute as image for emulators
• ​#53: Find mirrors and seed torrent for distribution

Status Updates

The status updates give an overview of the progress that is made towards alpha 1.

• ​Issue 1 (22-03-2008)
• ​Issue 2 (31-03-2008)
• ​Steady Progress Towards Alpha 1 (18-05-2008)

Blocker issues

These need to be fixed in order to release the alpha.

No results

Total of 0 open ticket(s).

Critical issues

If all the blocker items are resolved, these should be evaluated whether or not they block the alpha release.

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High priority issues

This is a list of items with things that would be very much appreciated for alpha 1, but they do not block the release.

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