🏗️ Ethos Builder

This repository is the central compilation and packaging factory for the Ethos programming language and the Forge package manager.

The core ethos-lang and forge repositories are strictly dedicated to source code. Ethos Builder is responsible for pulling that raw Python source, compiling it into standalone bare-metal executables using Nuitka, and wrapping those binaries into user-friendly, production-ready OS installers.

⚙️ The Build Pipeline

1. Source Retrieval: Fetches the latest stable source code from ethos-lang and forge.
2. Binary Compilation: Uses isolated Python virtual environments and Nuitka (--standalone --onefile) to compile the source into native Linux, Windows, and macOS executables.
3. OS Packaging: Wraps the raw binaries into system-specific installers and pushes them to our distribution channels.

📦 Distribution Channels

Linux Native Repositories:

• Ubuntu/Debian (PPA): Automated .deb builds published to a Personal Package Archive for apt integration.
• Fedora/RHEL (COPR): Official .rpm packages distributed via Fedora COPR.
• Arch Linux (AUR): PKGBUILD scripts maintained for the Arch User Repository (ethos-bin and ethos-git).

Standalone OS Installers:

• Windows (.msi / .exe): Configures the installation wizard, sets the global system PATH, and registers the .ethos file extension.
• macOS (.pkg): Packages Apple Silicon and Intel binaries into standard signed Apple installers.

🚀 Future Roadmap

• Android (Termux): Native compilation and environment configuration for running Ethos and Forge directly within the Termux mobile terminal.

🛠️ Installer Responsibilities

Regardless of the operating system, all builder scripts guarantee the following environment state upon installation:

1. The ethos and forge binaries are globally accessible via the system PATH.
2. The .ethos file extension is natively associated with the Ethos execution engine, allowing scripts to run via ethos script.ethos.
3. The ~/.ethos/traits directory is provisioned (acting as the sys.path root for Python-based Soft Traits), alongside the nested ~/.ethos/traits/hard_traits directory for compiled C/C++ binaries.