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 Debian is currently the Hurd distribution of choice among Hurd
 users and devellopers.  Approximately half of the Debian archive
 has been compiled successfully on the Hurd, however, many
-programs fail to build for various reasons.  [Significant
-packages and problems](http://alioth.debian.org/pm/?group_id=30628)
-are listed there.  You can also just install the Hurd and
-find what doesn't work for you and port it and then file
-bugs against the package in the Debian BTS or upstream.
+programs fail to build for various reasons.  A [list of build 
+failures including error messages](http://unstable.buildd.net/buildd/hurd-i386_Failed.html)
+can be found, as well as a [preliminary analysis](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2007/07/msg00000.html)
+of them. If you want to port any of these, file patches in the 
+[Alioth patch tracker](http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=410472&group_id=30628&func=browse)
+ for review. It might be a good idea to record your intention 
+to port something in the [Alioth task tracker](http://alioth.debian.org/pm/task.php?group_project_id=34&group_id=30628&func=browse) so other people do not do duplicated work. You can also just 
+install the Hurd and find what doesn't work for you and port 
+it and then file patches for that package in [above patch tracker](http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=410472&group_id=30628&func=browse)
+
+If you want to further development, a list of interesting 
+projects is available in the [Alioth task tracker](http://alioth.debian.org/pm/task.php?group_project_id=35&group_id=30628&func=browse).
+Those projects are not necessarily Debian specific, but do
+not touch the Hurd proper.
 
 # Hurd Proper