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Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 20:18:57 +0200
README: Add Status/Explorations/Non-Goals
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SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
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-A initrd generator for Linux to bootstrap a POSIX-ish system from a reasonably small binary seed (1.2MB of binaries).
-Full source bootstrap isn't intended as a goal but no further binaries than TCC and musl are allowed (enforced by [deblob](https://hacktivis.me/projects/deblob)). A possible further goal could be to try stripping out as much unreviewable code like autoconf loves to generate.
+A initrd generator for Linux to bootstrap a POSIX-ish system from a reasonably small binary seed.
-Status: Very early experiments, has yet to build enough to bootstrap any distro.
+## Status
+- [x] Small binary seed of only TCC and musl (~1.2MB of binaries, depending on the architecture), enforced by [deblob](https://hacktivis.me/projects/deblob)
+- [ ] Self-replicating: Able to reassemble the initrd with Alpine apks
+- [ ] Self-hosting: Able to recompile all the software used from source (including tcc and musl)
+- [ ] All code involved is reviewable, this involves either replacing autoconf artifacts or running autoreconf after stripping said artifacts
+
+## Explorations
+- Reduce the binary seed even further, without compromising on keeping the bootstrapping simple and reasonably fast
+- Bootstrap a minimalist distro, for example <https://git.sr.ht/~mcf/oasis>
+
+## Non-Goals
+- GNU Environment, there is already <https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap> for this and it's a massive effort
+- Become a distro, at worst it should end up deferring to an existing ports system like <https://www.pkgsrc.org/>
## Architectures
