From a763e7f177c49a755983b8207fa3d935b31b43b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antrik Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:46:18 +0200 Subject: contributing: Add "porters wanted" list The intention is to maintain it here from now on, instead of in the IRC channel topic. --- contributing.mdwn | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/contributing.mdwn b/contributing.mdwn index c006e554..109864db 100644 --- a/contributing.mdwn +++ b/contributing.mdwn @@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ documents. Debian is currently the Hurd distribution of choice among Hurd users and developers. +Things that block a lot of stuff, +and thus most urgently need porting right now: +* umount functionality in busybox +* gtest +* hdf5 +* hyperestraier +* sane* +* ghc (ghc6 and ghc7) +* gnat +* ruby1.9.1 + Here is a [[list_of_Debian_packages_that_need_porting|hurd/running/debian/porting]]. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4f090e2d9898e8aa03247a041398e3058983023c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antrik Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:51:23 +0200 Subject: documentation/translator_primer: Be clearer about the actual meaning of settrans -g... I hope this doesn't make it harder to follow. Considering the non-obvious option semantics of settrans, I think it's crucial for newcomers to get the meaning right from the very beginning! --- hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn b/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn index 4586a8e6..e5c8c160 100644 --- a/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn +++ b/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn @@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ Then you setup the translator /hurd/hello in the file/node hello. After that you check the contents of the file, and the translator returns "Hello World!". -To finish it, you tell the translator to go away from the file "hello" via "settrans -g hello" and verify that now the file is empty again. +To finish it, +you remove the translator from the file "hello" +(and tell any active running instances to go away) +via "settrans -g hello". +Having done that, verify that now the file is empty again. ### Transparent FTP -- cgit v1.2.3