From 712106548935ec2277a0d5cdf6bcd29bddcb70f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:26:17 +0200 Subject: news/2011-q1: Now ready for publication. --- news/2011-02.mdwn | 81 ------------------------------------------------------- news/2011-q1.mdwn | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 news/2011-02.mdwn create mode 100644 news/2011-q1.mdwn (limited to 'news') diff --git a/news/2011-02.mdwn b/news/2011-02.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index ee23e913..00000000 --- a/news/2011-02.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 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]]."]]"""]] - - - -A month of the Hurd: Porting, Arch Hurd 2010 and GSoC 2011. -[[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news -text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" -else=" -[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] - -[[!cut id="full_news" text=""" - - - - -* During the last two months, Svante Signell ported [x86info](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-01/msg00030.html) and [fixed dhcp](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-03/msg00017.html) with help from Samuel Thibault, bringing the Hurd [closer to full d-i support](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-03/msg00016.html). Also he [got emacs working again](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/01/msg00025.html), giving the Hurd a full GNU environment and got libgc1c2 building by simply [copying the symbols file](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/01/msg00062.html) - along with fixing build problems of many other packages. - -* Samuel Thibault [explained](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-02/msg00077.html) how to use the LiveCD to install Hurd from a USB stick (but not write to USB, as GNU Mach is still missing USB support) and - -* the Arch Hurd folks wrote a [Year of Arch Hurd](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/year-of-arch-hurd), wrapping up their successes, including GHAMP (GNU/Hurd, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), Xorg and their [Arch Hurd LiveCD](http://www.archhurd.org/gethurd.php#livecd). - -* Also Etenil and others [improved the help output](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-02/msg00011.html) of the crucial settrans command, which is used throughout the Hurd from mounting file systems to setting up the network. - -* And we started [preparing](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-02/msg00000.html) for GSoC 2011 - if you are interested in contributing, why not drop by? Many project ideas can be found at [[community/gsoc/project_ideas]]. - -Finally we got a nice [mention by xkcd](http://www.explainxkcd.com/2011/01/07/good-code/) as an example of writing (too) good code (though the resolution does not really do the Hurd justice, as it ignores that it got into a state in which these news can be written in the Hurd itself, even though it has very few active developers. If you want to see how much difference *you* can make, just ask Svante). - - - -"""]] diff --git a/news/2011-q1.mdwn b/news/2011-q1.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..103f559b --- /dev/null +++ b/news/2011-q1.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 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 date="2011-04-05 21:30 UTC"]] + +A quarter of the Hurd, Q1 of 2011: *GSoC*, and *new faces*. +[[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news +text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" +else=" +[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] + +[[!cut id="full_news" text=""" + +We're again participating in the [[Google Summer of Code's 2011 +edition|community/gsoc]]. If you know someone who knows that her neighbor +would be interested in getting mentored (by us) and paid (by Google) for +working on a [[GNU/Hurd task|community/gsoc/project_ideas]], please hurry up: +the *student application period* will end this Friday, 2011-04-08. + +There's further progress to be reported on the package porting front: +additionally to the usual suspects, Svante Signell +[has](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-01/msg00028.html) +actively [started](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/02/msg00021.html) +with [contributing](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/02/msg00036.html) +by [fixing](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-03/msg00017.html) +or [porting](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/01/msg00025.html) his +[favorite](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/01/msg00062.html) packages +[to](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/01/msg00051.html) GNU/Hurd. +Welcome, Svante! + +Amongst other fixes, Diego Nieto Cid submitted his work for using [XKB's +keymaps for the Hurd +console](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-03/threads.html#00053). +Of course, he was not the only one to contribute fixes; there's always our +bunch of folks who appear every other month, or week, and send in some +contribution. Also, as we ask our GSoC applicants to submit patches in order +to substantiate their application, we've seen some additional ones due to that. +([[And you can, too.|contributing]]) + +The Arch Hurd folks published their [Year of Arch Hurd +report](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/year-of-arch-hurd), wrapping up their +progress, including GHAMP (GNU/Hurd, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), X.org, and their +[Arch Hurd LiveCD](http://www.archhurd.org/gethurd.php#livecd). We had +published our [[YotH 2010|2010]], too. + +Finally we got a nice [recognition (or did they mean...) by +xkcd](http://xkcd.com/844/), *How to Write Good Code*, subtitled *You can +either hang out in the Android Loop or the HURD loop*. Go figure! ;-) + +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3