From ad3b443209dc7f62b5fe1d2e82ad5bb8d97947d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:49:16 +0200 Subject: Move back the history page to its original location. Suggested by RMS via Rob Myers, the chief GNU webmaster. --- history/hurd-flash12 | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) create mode 100644 history/hurd-flash12 (limited to 'history/hurd-flash12') diff --git a/history/hurd-flash12 b/history/hurd-flash12 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5be9c94e --- /dev/null +++ b/history/hurd-flash12 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +From: mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I. Bushnell, p/BSG) +Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss +Subject: Hurd 0.0 release status +Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss +Date: 13 Jul 1996 23:53:41 GMT +Organization: Touring Consulting Services +Lines: 35 +Message-ID: +NNTP-Posting-Host: churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu + + +People are eager to know how close we are to release, so here's an +update: + +There is one rather annoying bug I'd like to find which is causing +random crashes. I expect this will not be too hard to locate. There +are some more trivial bugs, but the release will not be held up for +them. + +Forty-three packages of GNU software have been built native. +Remaining to be built are three packages for which new releases are +expected soon. + +Also remaining to be built native are bash, gdb, mach, the Hurd +itself, and the internet utilities and daemons. We intend to sync our +separate copy of libc source with the libc maintainer, and then build +it native too. + +Because of obnoxious export restrictions, we have still to make +separate shared libraries for the crypt functions. + +Except for the actual final packaging, all the release engineering +tasks to be done have been completed. + + +To summarize, we still need to: + +o Fix one obnoxious bug +o Compile three packages that are waiting for release; +o Compile gdb, bash, mach, and hurd native +o Sync libc source and compile native +o Deal with crypt shared libraries +o Final packaging + +Michael + +From: mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I. Bushnell, p/BSG) +Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss +Subject: Re: Hurd--ne plus ultra of vaporware? +Date: 17 Jul 1996 03:02:14 GMT + +In article <4sg6tp$n4t@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI> torvalds@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes: + + Hey! We could also ask some well-known rock-group for one of their + lyrics, and use that as the theme song for the Hurd release. And then + we could ask shops to stay open longer to sell the Hurd! Whaddaya think? + Don't say it has been delayed, just shout so loudly about all the new + features that nobody cares about the delay? + +Perhaps we could get Morrisey to sing the song. He's very good +looking. Much better looking than that Mick Jagger fellow. + +Or something delicate, like Bach's French Suite in G. That would be +fun. + +In any case, here's the state of the release: + +o Everything but nine packages has been compiled native. +o The random crash bug I alluded to is fixed. +o We have to build a floppy image for part of the installation instructions. + +That's it. I bet you nobody in Redmond has ever made a statement like +that... + +Michael + -- cgit v1.2.3