Note about the GPLv2/GPLv3 incompatibility still to be fixed

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@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ This is the list of tasks that we *want* to address soon, starting with the most
 * Port `dhcpcd`, see [call for help](https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2023/11/msg00030.html)
 * Extensively test (e.g. running testsuites of glibc, perl, curl, rust-mio) and fix the lwip-based TCP/IP stack, to be sure we don't get regressions by switching to it.
 * Fix swapping with `rumpdisk`.
+* Fix the [GPLv2 vs GPLv3 licence incompatibility between ext2fs and libparted](https://bugs.debian.org/838244):
+  * For /hurd/ext2fs, use a different libstoreio that does not include the parted module.
+  * For /hurd/ext2fs.static in the bootstrap chain (e.g. to access wd0s1), add a storeio translator before it, and have ext2fs open it, use `file_get_storage_info` and access the underlying device. That wouldn't need any code modification if we were using an initial ramfs exposing that storeio on /dev/wd0s1.
 * Prevent duplicate instances of `rumpdisk` from competing for the disk PCI cards (e.g. when a second one gets started from a chroot).
 * Fix the memory consumption of `rumpdisk`.
 * Add overcommit limitation support to gnumach: limit the virtual size of processes to half of the memory + swap size.