From 788cf51a9546dd1daddf9f550af84c6bbecc94dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 19:20:56 +0100 Subject: community/gsoc/project_ideas: Split into subpages. --- community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn (limited to 'community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn') diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cac85df2 --- /dev/null +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 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 +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +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]]."]]"""]] + +[[meta title="Port the Debian Installer to the Hurd"]] + +The primary means of distributing the Hurd is through Debian GNU/Hurd. +However, the installation CDs presently use an ancient, non-native installer. +The situation could be much improved by making sure that the newer *Debian +Installer* works on the Hurd. + +Some preliminary work has been done, see +. + +The goal is to have the Debian Installer fully working on the Hurd. It +requires relatively little Hurd-specific knowledge. + +Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi) + +Exercise: Try to get one piece of the installer running on Hurd. -- cgit v1.2.3