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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 6537d878..1d9ca9ce 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ Will be set by tschwinge when publishing. [[!meta date="YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC"]] --> -<!-- This is just a skeleton. Use it to create a new MotH. --> - -A quarter of the Hurd: *Nix-based builds*, *slab allocator*, and *life filesystem debugging*. +A quarter of the Hurd: *Nix-based builds*, and *bounty: slab allocator merged*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else=" @@ -23,22 +21,32 @@ else=" [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -This quarter Ludovic Courtès added a [Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html), raising the count of Hurd distributions to 3: Debian, Arch and now Nix. His build is still pretty basic, but continuous integration is a great feature for testing images. - -Also he added a [modern Autoconf initialization](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html), [allowed /hurd/init to be a symlink](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html) and made the Hurd [build with Savannah’s libc (2.14+)](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html), getting the Nix distribution even more towards the cutting edge. +This quarter, Ludovic Courtès contributed a [continuously-built Nix-based QEMU +image](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00042.html), +raising the count of GNU/Hurd distributions to three: [[Debian +GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]], [[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]], and now +[[hurd/running/NixOS]]. His build is still pretty basic, but a step into the +right direction: [[!wikipedia "continuous integration"]] is a great feature for +automated testing. -Samuel Thibault followed up with a [new debian disk set](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html) as christmas gift, turned /dev/urandom into a [native translator](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html) and [identified](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html) three easy porting cases with solutions: +Samuel Thibault followed suit with a [new Debian GNU/Hurd disk +set](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html) as a christmas +gift, and +[identified](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html) three +easy porting cases with solutions: -- 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 + * undefined reference to `dl_*`: add `-ldl` for building + * undefined reference to `main`: missing `gnu*` case in the linking part of + `configure.ac` or `.in` + * undefined reference to `clock_gettime` or `crypt`: add `-lrt` or `-lcrypt` -These should help all those who want to help [[porting_packages|hurd/porting/]]. +These should help all those who want to help [[porting_packages|hurd/porting]]. -Maksym Planeta and Richard Braun committed [the last patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00046.html) for integration of the slab allocator, making the memory allocator of GNU Mach SMP ready again. From IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-14: +Maksym Planeta and Richard Braun [finished +integration](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00046.html) +of the slab allocator. From [[IRC]], freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-14: - <braunr> there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the - master branch + <braunr> there shouldn't be any noticeable difference [...] <braunr> a bit less fragmentation <braunr> more memory can be reclaimed by the VM system <braunr> there are debugging features @@ -48,19 +56,76 @@ Maksym Planeta and Richard Braun committed [the last patches](http://lists.gnu.o what's performed to reduce fragmentation) <braunr> but even "slower" here is completely negligible -Also Richard Braun added Exodar (exodar.debian.net), a new porter box. It is faster and more reliable, which facilitates testing and bug hunting. - -Additionally [[documentation_of_the_I/O_Path|hurd/io_path/]] was improved and Sergio Lopez documented his work on [[Better_Memory_Management_and_memfs|user/Sergio_Lopez/]] to make it easier for other hackers to work on the Hurd. - -Our hackers also used the quarter for porting a good number of packages. Sergio Lopez took care of [webkitgtk+](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00025.html), while Svante Signell from [Arch Hurd](http://archhurd.org) went on a porting rampage with [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) and [procps](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00046.html) and Samuel Thibault from [Debian GNU/Hurd](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/) added [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) and [iceweasel (firefox)](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00080.html). Also 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. - -Additionally many bugs were found and squashed, by 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/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 pthread](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html)) and Svante Signell ([e2fsprogs quota](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00015.html)) to list only the ones who posted their fixes on the mailing list. - -Also 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. - -And there are now social network sites for GNU Hurd on [Google+](https://plus.google.com/114942488385711891227#114942488385711891227/posts) and the AGPL licensed [identi.ca](http://identi.ca/group/hurd), to make it easier to stay in touch. - -As a final note, we want to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd: +This also +[concludes](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00140.html) +our first [[FOSS Factory|donate#FOSS_Factory]] project -- one [[tag/bounty]] +has been redeemed, more are waiting. + +Sergio Lopez documented his work on +[[better_memory_management_and_memfs|Sergio_Lopez]], making it easier for other +hackers to join in working on that topic. + +Our hackers also used the quarter for porting a good number of packages and +fixing bugs. After fixing quirks in the Hurd's memory management system, +Sergio Lopez [reported success building +webkitgtk+](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00025.html), whose +build stresses the available memory resources on a 32-bit architecture to a +large extend. Svante Signell was busy, too: +[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), and +[procps](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00046.html), +[e2fsprogs' quota](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00015.html). +Samuel Thibault handled +[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), and +[iceweasel +(firefox)](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00080.html). Bouju +Alain [submitted a +patch](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html) to +support `/proc/cpuinfo`. Ludovic Courtès contributed a patch to [allow for +`/hurd/init` being +symlink](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html), +made the Hurd [build with glibc +2.14+](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html), and +[worked with the GNU coreutils +team](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00067.html) on a +few issues. Pino Toscano improved [`recvfrom` with `NULL` address +ports](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00161.html). +Maksym Planeta continued working on +[tmpfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00118.html). +Samuel Thibault turned `/dev/random` and `/dev/urandom` into [native +translators](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html), +modernized [libtool's +configuration](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00073.html), +[mknod's cleanup in error +cases](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00070.html), +[fixed POSIX 2008 +visibility](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00004.html), +and fixed an [[!debbug 645285 desc="issue in `setresuid` that broke `sudo`"]]. +[Pino +Toscano](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html) and +[Thomas +Schwinge](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00020.html) +improved key handling in libpthread. 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 system to +x86_64|open_issues/64-bit_port]]. + +There is now a social network site for GNU Hurd on +[Google+](https://plus.google.com/114942488385711891227), to provide an +additional contact point and a forum for discussion and staying in touch. + +<!-- + +As a final note, we want to share a story about real-life debugging with the +Hurd; IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-03-02: <youpi> yay GNU/Hurd <youpi> I have added i_translator check in e2fsck, it was missing @@ -69,10 +134,15 @@ As a final note, we want to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hur <youpi> could easily work out it was i_translator, then add a check to e2fsck, run it, which indeed fixed, them, and voilà, ext2fs was working again - <youpi> all that on the same machine with *no* system reboot + <youpi> all that on the same machine with *no* system reboot <youpi> just ext2fs restart :) -So if you want to join us in our journey to realize more of the promises of the architecture of the Hurd, please [[get_in_contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already grab the [[source_code|source_repositories]] and have fun hacking on free software! +--> + +If you want to join us in our journey to realize more of the promises of the +architecture of the Hurd, please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe +already grab the [[source code|source_repositories]] and have fun hacking on +Free Software! --- @@ -88,6 +158,4 @@ define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the services a traditional operating system kernel provides. [[More detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]. -<!--see [[contributing/web_pages/news/writing_the_moth]] for additional information on writing the MotH.--> - """]] |