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author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2012-05-24 23:08:09 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2012-05-24 23:08:09 +0200 |
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diff --git a/news/2010-02-28.mdwn b/news/2010-02-28.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index ee6e22ef..00000000 --- a/news/2010-02-28.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 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="2010-03-10 15:55 UTC"]] - -A month of the Hurd: *DDE driver*, *X.org / libpciaccess*, *FOSDEM*, and -*Google Summer of Code 2010*. -[[!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=""" - -> A bit late, but here it is finally: the *MotH* for February, 2010. - -> This month saw the first running and testable -> [[DDE driver by Zheng Da|user/zhengda]], -> with which he begins to reap the benefits of porting [[DDE]] to the Hurd -- -> essentially, allowing us to use current Linux device drivers. - -> Samuel Thibault pushed a [libpciaccess x86 -> backend](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libpciaccess/commit/?id=af2be74979aeab9a2fc4c933462e97ce70f816b6) -> to X.Org: - -> > This adds support on x86 for OSes that do not have a PCI interface, -> > tinkering with I/O ports, and makes use of it on GNU/Hurd. - -> In the course of this, he also got commit access to X.org, so it should be -> easier now to get further Hurd-related patches applied. - -> As announced in our [[previous news blurb|2010-01-31]], at FOSDEM, Bas did -> his presentation of [*Iris, a new capability-based microkernel -> OS*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/emb_iris) in the Embedded -> Developer Room, and Olaf illustrated [*Why is Anyone Still Working on the GNU -> Hurd?*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_hurd), and presented his -> work of [*Porting KGI graphics drivers from Linux to GNU -> Hurd*](http://fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/altos_kgi_hurd), in the Alt-OS -> Developer Room. - -> In [Mikel Olasagasti's -> words](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-03/msg00014.html): - -> > The room was full and people was "standing-up" for the talk. Some people -> > even couldn't enter to the room (+20?). -> > -> > Antrik [Olaf] made a good job. Was nice for the crowd to see Hurd running X, -> > slow but working. - -> The regular IRC meeting schedule has been -> [changed](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-02/msg00040.html) -> to Wednesdays, 11:00 UTC; see the [[IRC#regular_meetings]] page for details. - -> Last, but not least, it is time again to think about the [[Google Summer of -> Code|community/gsoc]]. In [[community/gsoc/2007]], the GNU Hurd had one -> successful project, in [[community/gsoc/2008]] five of them, -> [[community/gsoc/2009]] saw another one, so we obviously plan to make it five -> projects again this year. We already have [[dozens of -> ideas|community/gsoc/project ideas]] online, and will add yet more -- also -> based on YOUR suggestions and wishes! - -> So, if you're a student, and interested in working on the GNU Hurd, please -> join in; browse through the [[community/GSoC]] pages, and don't be shy to -> [[contact us]]! - -"""]] |