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diff --git a/community/gsoc.mdwn b/community/gsoc.mdwn index c8b8f6a6..2ce92d19 100644 --- a/community/gsoc.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc.mdwn @@ -15,16 +15,35 @@ is included in the section entitled This year we are again participating in [Google Summer of Code](http://socghop.appspot.com) under the [GNU umbrella](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject). -Take a look at our [[project_ideas]] list. -If you are a student and want to apply for one of these tasks, -please mind the distinct [[student_application_form]] for the Hurd. -Note that there are also two [Hurd-related ideas for X.Org](http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Hurd_Porting), -for which students should apply to [X.Org](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/home/google/gsoc2010/xorg) as a mentoring organization; -and the [[project_ideas/debian_installer]] task -most likely will be handled by the [Debian organisation](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/home/google/gsoc2010/debian). - -If you can't participate as a GSoC student, + * *[[Jeremie Koenig|jkoenig]]*, mentored by *[[Samuel + Thibault|samuelthibault]]*, is working on adapting the Debian Installer to + [produce working Debian GNU/Hurd installation + images](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/debian/t127230758239) + so we can easily offer up to date disc-sets. + ([Details](http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2010/HurdDebianInstaller/JeremieKoenig).) + + * *[[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort|pochu]]*, mentored by *Carl Fredrik Hammar* (who + was a GSoC student in 2007), is working on a task that may be perceived as + less exciting from the outside, but yet is extremely valuable: [fixing + compatibility problems exposed by projects' + testsuites](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759396). + ([[Details|community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites]].) + + * *[[Karim Allah Ahmed|kam]]*, mentored by *Sergio López*, is working on + [tuning the VM Subsystem in + GNU/Hurd](http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject/t127230759587) + to bring the virtual memory management in Hurd/Mach up to date. + ([[Details|community/gsoc/project_ideas/vm_tuning]].) + +We always ask students that want to apply for a task (in the course of the +Google Summer of Code) to mind our distinct [[student_application_form]]. + +Apart from our own [[project_ideas]], there are also two [Hurd-related ideas +for X.Org](http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Hurd_Porting). + +As the Google Summer of Code 2010 has already started, you can no longer +participate as a GSoC student. However, working on one of these projects is still a good opportunity to get started with Hurd development. Please read up about [[contributing]] in general; and feel free to ask any questions you might have at one of our [[regular_IRC_meetings|IRC#regular_meetings]]. diff --git a/news/2010-05-31.mdwn b/news/2010-05-31.mdwn index e6fc0518..5bef328e 100644 --- a/news/2010-05-31.mdwn +++ b/news/2010-05-31.mdwn @@ -8,53 +8,59 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -<!-- Date when the news item is (to be) pulished (important for RSS feeds). -Will be set by tschwinge when publishing. -[[!meta date="YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC"]] ---> +[[!meta date="2010-06-06 22:15 UTC"]] -A month of the Hurd: *dde linux26*, *thread storms*, *patches*, *new live CD* and *IRC meetings*. +A month of the Hurd: *DDE linux26*, *thread storms*, *patches*, *new live CD* and *IRC meetings*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -> This month [[Zheng_Da|user/zhengda]] +> [[Zheng_Da|user/zhengda]] > [reported](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00037.html) -> on the state of porting DDE linux26 to the Hurd, -> which can improve the GNU Hurd Hardware support a lot. -> The drivers emulated by qemu and vmware already work fine, -> but it still needs work to run on real hardware. - -> Also Sergio Lopez -> [added some patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00106.html) -> to prevent thread storms when synchronizing large pagers in ext2fs. They should improve performance when many files are accessed at the same time. - -> And Emilio Pozuelo Monfort, Carl Fredrik Hammar, Sergio Lopez -> and others developed some patches ( -> [auth](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-06/msg00003.html), -> [exec](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00108.html), -> [tmpfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00076.html), -> … ) -> to fix or improve the semantics of various internal hurd servers, -> to avoid some bugs or improve performance. - -> Additionally Justus Winter created a [live CD](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00033.html) -> with an installation wizard in the spirit of the OpenBSD installer. -> He needs testers to improve it. - -> And the -> [scheduled IRC meetings for Google Summer of code](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00148.html) -> are continuing on Mondays and Thursdays, 10:30 UTC. -> If you want to catch up on them, you can have a look at the -> [channel logs](http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/). - -> <small>*PS: As the amount of new developments on the Hurd has increased quite a bit since the start of the ‘Month of the Hurd’, these news are only a selection of the items you can already test yourself. There’s more in our [[mailing_lists]]. The rough criterium for the Month of the Hurd is “can you already test it and can I say why it is great for the Hurd at large?” There definitely is stuff I don’t understand well enough to explain here… — [[Arne_Babenhauserheide|community/weblogs/ArneBab]]*</small> - ------- - -* email news: In the [[mailing_lists]], especially [[bug-hurd|mailing_lists#bug-hurd]]. -* IRC contact: #hurd on freenode.net; meeting on mondays and thursdays, 10:30 UTC ([logs](http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/)). +> on the state of his ongoing work of porting DDE linux26 to the Hurd, which is +> meant to improve the GNU/Hurd hardware support. The devices as emulated by +> QEMU and VMware already work fine, but he's still seeking help for testing on +> real hardware. + +> Sergio López published +> [patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00059.html) +> as well as [readily-usable +> packages](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00106.html) +> to prevent thread storms in ext2fs when synchronizing large pagers. This +> should improve system performance and stability. + +> Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Sergio López developed further patches (for +> example: +> [exec](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00108.html), +> [tmpfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00077.html)) to +> fix or improve the various internal Hurd servers, and discussed them with +> other Hurd developers. + +> Justus Winter [created a live +> CD](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00033.html) with an +> installation wizard in the spirit of the OpenBSD installer. He needs testers +> to help improve it. + +> Ludovic Courtès informed that he has added support for [cross-building +> packages from GNU/Linux to +> GNU/Hurd](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00105.html) +> to the Nix package manager, as well as doing [continuous cross-building of +> the GNU Hurd +> itself](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00111.html), +> and [glibc](http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2010-05/msg00049.html). + +> The [[regular IRC meetings|irc#regular_meetings]] for [[Google Summer of Code +> students|community/gsoc]], their mentors, and any other interested parties +> [are +> continuing](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-05/msg00148.html) +> on Mondays and Thursdays, 10:30 UTC, as Olaf Buddenhagen reported. If you +> want to catch up, have a look at the [#hurd channel +> logs](http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/). + +> As always in the *Month of the Hurd*, these news blurbs are only a selection +> of what happened in the last month. There's always more to be found on our +> [[mailing_lists]], especially [[mailing_lists/bug-hurd]]. """]] |