From ed20a7ee50647c303f62224836f8a26244b17c88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 00:15:14 +0200 Subject: contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next -> news/2012-q3-q4 --- contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn | 127 +++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn index a7dd6d05..749a42bb 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ Will be set by tschwinge when publishing. [[!meta date="YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC"]] --> -Two quarters of the Hurd, Q3 and Q4 of 2012: *libpthread conversion*, -*installation CDs*, *hardware compatibility*, *porting*. + + +A quarter of the Hurd, QN of YYYY: *TODO*, *TODO*, and *TODO*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else=" @@ -22,109 +23,23 @@ else=" [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -In November 2012, we finished the [libthreads (cthreads) to libpthread (POSIX -Threads) -conversion](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00088.html). -Converting the Hurd libraries to the [[pthread interfaces|libpthread]] allows -linking them together with other libraries that use this standard threading -interface themselves. This project -[once](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2002-10/msg00162.html) was -begun by Vicente Hernando Ara, and later continued by Barry deFreese, Thomas -DiModica, Thomas Schwinge, Samuel Thibault, Pino Toscano, and now brought to -completion by Richard Braun, who could not be scared by having to resolve the -last remaining tricky issues before the transition could be completed. - -Cyril Roelandt shared a [patch -series](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-12/threads.html#00018) -to fix double mutex unlocking problems. He found these using a simple script -for [Coccinelle](http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/), which is a [[static code analysis -tool|open_issues/code_analysis]]. We hope to see more such changes in the -future, and we're always interested in hearing people who have experience with -similar tools, for example to resolve other [[open_issues/locking_issues]]. - -Thomas Schwinge together with Richard Braun and Samuel Thibault [debugged and -fixed](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-12/msg00044.html) a -deadlock related to signal delivery, resulting from a regression due to earlier -changes. - -Also Samuel Thibault -[provided](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-12/msg00052.html) -new [installation -CDs](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/current) -and a new [QEMU image](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/). -Additionally to using pthreads, these now offer keyboard layout configuration. - -In [[glibc]], -Pino Toscano [implemented -syncfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00046.html) which -ensures that all data in the filesystem gets written to disk, as well as -support in [[hurd/translator/procfs]] for -[statfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-12/msg00005.html). - -Thomas Schwinge improved the hardware compatibility of the Hurd by [identifying -and -backporting]](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00077.html) -some changes contained in Linux 2.0.40, which prevents data corruption due to a -miscalculation of the size of medium-sized disks reporting 15 heads instead of -16. -This fix was part of an effort to get Hurd running using a [solid-state -disk](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-12/msg00000.html). -Samuel Thibault improved [network card -detection](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/07/msg00011.html) -on busses other than 0 and 2. - -Several people ported and fixed packages, further increasing the number of -[[hurd/running/Debian]] packages that work on the Hurd: *Svante Signell* ported -[mlocate-0.25](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/07/msg00015.html), -[gnat-gps](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/07/msg00011.html), -[libpst](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/08/msg00039.html), -[libetpan](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/08/msg00046.html), -[spl](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/09/msg00004.html), -[dovecot](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/09/msg00007.html), -[xplc](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/08/msg00054.html), -[parrot](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/08/msg00056.html), -[x86info](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/09/msg00008.html), -[atlas](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/09/msg00009.html), -[rrdtool](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/09/msg00011.html), -[gdb](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/09/msg00018.html), -[yodl](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/08/msg00030.html), and fixed -[ntpdate](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/12/msg00002.html) to work -again and -[improved](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00062.html) -the error handling in pflocal. *Pino Toscano* added patches for -[procfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-09/msg00004.html), -[ptrace](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-10/msg00035.html), -[fsync on -stdout](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-10/msg00046.html), -[muntrace](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00033.html), -[ulimit](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00034.html), -[glibc](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00029.html) which -among others improve POSIX conformance, making it easier to write programs -which work on GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux. And he made the test pass for [FIFO -sockets](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-09/msg00053.html) with -mknod and -[added](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-09/msg00005.html) a -size parameter to [[hurd/translator/tmpfs]] and a [version suffix -option](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-10/msg00009.html) for -GNU Mach's configure script. *Cyril Roelandt* fixed a -[ps](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-12/msg00012.html) bug, a -documentation typo [in -ps](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-10/msg00032.html) and a -missing linker flag [in -procfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-10/msg00025.html). -*Matthew Leach* -[fixed](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-11/msg00037.html) a -compilation error with older GCC versions due to duplicate type definition. -*Ole Streicher* fixed a bug in the Makefile of ftools-fv which was -[exposed](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/10/msg00059.html) by testing -on Hurd. *Samuel Thibault* -[removed](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/12/msg00005.html) the -out-of-date floppy-warnings in the debian installer. - -So if you want to test if your favorite packages work on the Hurd and -contribute towards making the full GNU system usable for a wider range -of people, please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already -grab the [[source code|source_repositories]]. + + +This quarter [hurd hacker] [item] + +Also … + +[our hackers] … + +Mainly thanks to … + +Additionally … + +And … + +So if you want to [reason for contibuting to the Hurd], +please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already grab the [[source +code|source_repositories]]. --- @@ -140,4 +55,6 @@ define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the services a traditional operating system kernel provides. [[More detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]. + + """]] -- cgit v1.2.3