news: reorganized the news and identified the main topics.

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn
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--- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn
+++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Will be set by tschwinge when publishing.
 
 <!-- This is just a skeleton.  Use it to create a new MotH.  -->
 
-A month of the Hurd: *TODO*, *TODO*, and *TODO*.
+A month of the Hurd: *nix-based builds, *slab allocator*, and *life filesystem debugging*.
 [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news
 text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]"""
 else="
@@ -25,21 +25,28 @@ else="
 
 <!--basic structure of a MotH entry. Adapt, reduce and add points as needed. At the end, try to make the text flow as a unified whole.-->
 
-This month [hurd hacker]  [item]
+Ludovic Courtès: 
 
-<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html> -- Bouju
-Alain submitted a patch to suport cpuinfo in the /proc interface
+- Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html
+- modern Autoconf initialization: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html
+- Allow /hurd/init to be a symlink: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html
+- The Hurd now builds with Savannah’s libc (2.14+): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html
 
-Richard Braun committed the last patch to mplanetas branch of the slab allocator
-work, for integration. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00046.html
+Samuel Thibault: Christmas gift: New CD set: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html
+
+Samuel Thibault: /dev/urandom as native translator: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html
 
+Samuel Thibault identified three easy porting cases: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html: 
 
+- undefined reference to dl_foo: add -ldl for building
+- undefined reference to `main': missing gnu* case in the linking part of configure.ac or .in (pd-* packages are already being handled by their maintainer)
+- undefined reference to clock_gettime or crypt: add -lrt or -lcrypt
 
+Richard Braun committed the last patch to mplanetas branch of the slab allocator
+work, for integration. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00046.html
 
 IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-14:
 
-Features:
-
     (22:30:39) braunr: there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the
       master branch
     (22:30:46) braunr: a bit less fragmentation
@@ -56,53 +63,35 @@ Richard Brauh added Exodar, a new porter box. It is faster and more reliable, wh
 
 I/O Path Documentation [[hurd/io_path/]]
 
-Debugging: 
-
-- Pino Toscano: recvfrom() with null http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00161.html
-- Maksym Planeta: tmpfs http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00125.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00118.html 
-- Samuel Thibault: libtool http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00073.html mknod http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00070.html  Fix POSIX 2008 visibility http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00004.html sudo setresuid http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645285
-- Jim Meyering: gnu tools with user id 4294967295 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00094.html
-- Paul Eggert:  Add error-checking on GNU http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00130.html
+Sergio Lopez documented his work on Better Memory Management and memfs: http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/Sergio_Lopez/
 
 Porting: 
 
 - Sergio Lopez: webkitgtk+: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00025.html
 - Svante Signell: pax: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00105.html abiword http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00035.html syslog-ng http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00060.html ecl http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00058.html fakeroot http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00022.html daemon http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00025.html  procps http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00046.html
 - Samuel Thibault: packagekit: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00071.html evolution http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00070.html emacs23 http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00018.html gcc-4.7 http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00065.html iceweasel (firefox) http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00080.html 
+- Bouju Alain [submitted](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html) [patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00084.html) to support cpuinfo in the /proc interface.
 
-Samuel Thibault: /dev/urandom as native translator: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html
-
-Samuel Thibault: Christmas gift: New CD set: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html
 
-Samuel Thibault identified three easy porting cases: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html: 
+Debugging: 
 
-- undefined reference to dl_foo: add -ldl for building
-- undefined reference to `main': missing gnu* case in the linking part of configure.ac or .in (pd-* packages are already being handled by their maintainer)
-- undefined reference to clock_gettime or crypt: add -lrt or -lcrypt
+- Pino Toscano: recvfrom() with null http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00161.html
+- Maksym Planeta: tmpfs http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00125.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00118.html 
+- Samuel Thibault: libtool http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00073.html mknod http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00070.html  Fix POSIX 2008 visibility http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00004.html sudo setresuid http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645285
+- Jim Meyering: gnu tools with user id 4294967295 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00094.html
+- Paul Eggert:  Add error-checking on GNU http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00130.html
+- Pino Toscano and Thomas Schwinge [improved](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html) the Hurds pthread implementation. 
+- Svante Signell: e2fsprogs quota fixes: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00015.html
 
-Bouju Alain: Procfs with cpuinfo http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00084.html
 
 Social network sites for GNU Hurd: 
 
 - Google+: https://plus.google.com/114942488385711891227#114942488385711891227/posts
 - identi.ca: http://identi.ca/group/hurd
 
-Ludovic Courtès: 
-
-- Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html
-- modern Autoconf initialization: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html
-- Allow /hurd/init to be a symlink: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html
-- The Hurd now builds with Savannah’s libc (2.14+): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html
+Guillem Jover [fixed Mach's int vs long discrepancy](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00053.html), which takes us the first step towards porting the Hurd to x64.
 
-Pino Toscano and Thomas Schwinge: pthread improvements: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00027.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00020.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html
-
-Sergio Lopez documented his work on Better Memory Management and memfs: http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/Sergio_Lopez/
-
-Guillem Jover: First step for porting to x64: Fix Mach's int vs long discrepancy: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00053.html
-
-Svante Signell: e2fsprogs quota fixes: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00015.html
-
-As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd:
+And as a final note, we want to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd:
 
     <youpi> yay GNU/Hurd
     <youpi> I have added i_translator check in e2fsck, it was missing
@@ -116,7 +105,7 @@ As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the
 
 ------
 
-Add stuff here? (This is already in q3)
+This month [hurd hacker]  [item]
 
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