Jinx: Meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions

Dependencies: [a whole bunch of programs]

If the goal is to write a bootstrapper, shouldn't an effort be made to minimize these? Like optionally including a stage before that relies on just "POSIX sh + any C compiler" to compile all the programs it needs.

Alternatively, "requires Debian" might also be fine, since it does seem to use that as a trusted platform in some later steps.