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'<div class="mw-parser-output"><table class="table table-condensed" style="width: 30em; font-size: 95%; border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align: center; background-color:#3E355A; color: white;" colspan="2"><big>Base System</big> </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <th>Description </th> <td style="text-align: justify;">The Base System Project provides an umbrella project for keeping system tools, libraries, and layout consistent for all the various architectures under Gentoo Linux. </td></tr> <tr> <th><span title="Mails to member(s) listed below.">Project email</span> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="mailto:base-system@gentoo.org">base-system@gentoo.org</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span title="The link opens an IRC client to libera.chat IRC channel.">IRC channel</span> </th> <td><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 95%;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/#gentoo-base">#gentoo-base</a></span> (<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 95%;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/#gentoo-base">webchat</a></span>) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <th>Lead(s) </th> <td><ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Dilfridge" title="User:Dilfridge">Andreas K. Hüttel</a> (dilfridge)<br /><i>Misc stuff, toolchain</i></li></ul> <br />Last elected: 2021-08-16 </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <th>Member(s) </th> <td><ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Chainsaw" title="User:Chainsaw">Tony Vroon</a> (Chainsaw)<br /><i>LILO</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Chutzpah" title="User:Chutzpah">Patrick McLean</a> (chutzpah)<br /><i>Misc stuff that needs to get done</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Floppym" title="User:Floppym">Mike Gilbert</a> (floppym)</li><li><a href="/wiki/User:GYakovlev" title="User:GYakovlev">Georgy Yakovlev</a> (gyakovlev)<br /><i>new helper</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Lu_zero" title="User:Lu zero">Luca Barbato</a> (lu_zero)</li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Mattst88" title="User:Mattst88">Matt Turner</a> (mattst88)</li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Polynomial-C" title="User:Polynomial-C">Lars Wendler</a> (Polynomial-C)<br /><i>package maintainer</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Robbat2" title="User:Robbat2">Robin Johnson</a> (robbat2)<br /><i>Specialized block devices and lots of other miscellaneous stuff</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Sam" title="User:Sam">Sam James</a> (sam)</li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Soap" title="User:Soap">David Seifert</a> (soap)<br /><i>NFS</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Vapier" title="User:Vapier">Mike Frysinger</a> (vapier)</li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Whissi" title="User:Whissi">Thomas Deutschmann</a> (Whissi)<br /><i>Version bumps and security stabilizations</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:WilliamH" title="User:WilliamH">William Hubbs</a> (williamh)<br /><i>Misc stuff that needs to get done</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/User:Zlogene" title="User:Zlogene">Mikle Kolyada</a> (Zlogene)<br /><i>Minor stuff doer (bumps/security/stabilization)</i></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <th>Subproject(s)<br /><small style="font-weight: normal;">(and inherited member(s))</small> </th> <td>(none) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Parent Project </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Project:Gentoo" title="Project:Gentoo">Gentoo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid #ddd; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Project:Gentoo" title="Project:Gentoo">Project listing</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Gentoo Base System aims to provide consistency in build systems, critical libraries, filesystem layouts, and startup scripts across all the architectures which Gentoo Linux supports. We try to provide maximum usability and flexibility to allow for porting to any architecture supported by the Linux kernel. The relevant categories in portage with which we are concerned include <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-apps?full_cat">sys-apps</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-boot?full_cat">sys-boot</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-devel?full_cat">sys-devel</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-fs?full_cat">sys-fs</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-libs?full_cat">sys-libs</a>. However, we do not hold exclusive jurisdiction over any of the categories. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Goals"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Goals</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Participation"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Participation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Rules_and_limitations"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Rules and limitations</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Goals">Goals</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Project:Base&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=1" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor" title="Edit section: Goals">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Project:Base&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Goals">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>To provide a set of stable and secure system-level applications and libraries. The most visible and obvious among them: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-apps/baselayout">baselayout and the initscript system</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-shells/bash">Bash</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-devel/autoconf">autoconf</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-libs/zlib">zlib</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/openssh">OpenSSH</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-boot?full_cat">boot loaders</a> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Participation">Participation</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Project:Base&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=2" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor" title="Edit section: Participation">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Project:Base&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Participation">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>We are always willing to talk to talented programmers and people familiar with the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/">GNU Autotools</a>, miscellaneous critical system libraries like GNU coreutils, our rc/init system, or developers with an advanced knowledge of a specific architecture to improve the speed and stability of Gentoo Linux on any or all of our platforms. </p><p>Please contact <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="mailto:base-system@gentoo.org">base-system@gentoo.org</a> or join our IRC channel on Libera.Chat to talk with us. If you would like more information on a particular architecture, please click the appropriate e-mail link in the table and contact the personnel of that particular architecture. Additionally contact the <a href="/wiki/Project:Recruiters" title="Project:Recruiters">recruiters</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Rules_and_limitations">Rules and limitations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Project:Base&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=3" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor" title="Edit section: Rules and limitations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Project:Base&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Rules and limitations">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>To provide some level of backwards compatibility for Gentoo installations that were not updated for a longer period, we usually refrain from bumping our packages to latest EAPIs immediately. Our rule of thumb is to wait approximately one year after introduction of a new EAPI until we adopt it for our packages. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>EAPI Version</th> <th>Introduced in unstable</th> <th>Can be used in base-system unstable</th> <th>Introduced in stable</th> <th>Can be used in base-system stable </th></tr> <tr> <td>EAPI-6</td> <td>17 Nov 2015</td> <td>17 Nov 2016</td> <td>Jan 2016</td> <td>Jan 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td>EAPI-7</td> <td>6 May 2018</td> <td>6 May 2019</td> <td>Jun 2018</td> <td>Jun 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>EAPI-8</td> <td>13 Jun 2021</td> <td>13 Jun 2022</td> <td>Jul 2021</td> <td>Jul 2022 </td></tr></tbody></table> '