In 2001, a group of motivated developers started the OpenBeOS project, with the goal of recreating an Open Source binary compatible version of BeOS. Over the past two decades, various developers have been inspired by this dream and have contributed in one way or the other. In 2020 we are arguably in a place that is beyond what BeOS R5 ever was, with support for modern 64 bit hardware, a modern web browser, and a vibrant community that is supporting a large library of ported software. While there will always be more hardware to support, better base software to write, and newer APIs to be written, the Haiku Community is now in a state where it is comfortable to release Haiku R1.
After the release of Haiku R1, there will be an official, stable, supported platform for others to build their solutions on.
This proposal outlines a release procedure and release schedule for Haiku R1, and proposes a way of work to allow for incremental improvements to Haiku R1.