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authorArne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>2010-10-12 19:19:39 +0200
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-A month of the Hurd: *presentations*, *procfs*, *Arch* and *need*.
+A month of the Hurd: *Media Appearances*, *procfs*, *Arch Hurd*.
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-> This month you can get a lot of insight into the Hurd very easily by watching
-> the presentations from Neal Walfield and Michael Bank on Hurd
-> at the GHM (GNU Hackers' Meeting) in denhaag: [“It’s About Freedom”](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2010/denhaag/)
-> ([video](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2010/GNU-Hurd_-_Its_About_Freedom,_Or_Why_you_should_care.ogv))
-> and Debian GNU/Hurd at the DebConf10:
-> [“Past. Present. And Future?”](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/595.en.html)
-> ([slides](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/attachments/159_debian-hurd.pdf),
-> [video](http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2010/debconf10/high/1117_Debian_GNUHurd.ogv)),
-> including a very nice nod towards the main forces who are presently
-> pushing the Hurd forward *(→ further
-> [[media_appearances]] of the Hurd).*
+> Neal Walfield and Michael Bank have been doing presentations related to the
+> GNU Hurd: from the GNU Hackers Meeting in the Hague you can watch the
+> {{$community/meetings/ghm2010#walfield_hurd}} where he details why we're
+> still interested in working on the GNU Hurd, and there is another
+> {{$community/meetings/debconf10#banck_hurd}} from DebConf10, including a very
+> nice nod towards the main actors who are currently pushing the Hurd forward.
-> Also Jeremie Koenig (among other things)
-> [rewrote procfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00165.html)
-> for the [[debian installer Summer of Code project|user/jkoenig]]:
-> *“I have successfully tested it with most of the Linux procps utilities,
-> as well as busybox and htop. It seems to be stable, not too slow, and
-> it stays under 1.5M in resident size.”*
-> To get and test it:
+> Jérémie Koenig wrapped up his Google Summer of Code project ([[Debian
+> Installer|jkoenig]]) by posting his [*Hurd patches for
+> installer/build*](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/08/threads.html#00016)
+> as well as the [*patches used for hurd
+> 20100802-1~jk7*](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/08/threads.html#00022)
+> to the [[mailing_lists/debian-hurd]] mailing list. Most of them have been
+> handled in the mean time, and we're still waiting for *you* to test his work
+> by following his easy [four-step
+> instructions](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer/README.txt).
-> > git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git
-> > cd hurd
-> > git remote add jk git://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd.git
-> > git fetch jk
-> > git checkout jk/procfs *# Add "-b procfs" to create a local branch.*
-> > make procfs
-> > settrans -ag /proc procfs/procfs --compatible
-> > *# you now have your new procfs*
+> However, even though that [[this year's GSoC|community/gsoc]] has come
+> to an end, he didn't stop working: among other things, he has rewritten
+> [[hurd/translator/procfs]] and [published his
+> version](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00165.html)
+> just before the end of the month:
+>
+> > I have successfully tested it with most of the Linux procps utilities,
+> > as well as busybox and htop. It seems to be stable, not too slow, and
+> > it stays under 1.5M in resident size.
+>
+> Testing it is as simple as this:
+>
+> $ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/hurd/procfs.git
+> $ cd procfs/
+> $ git checkout jkoenig/master
+> $ make
+> $ settrans -ca proc procfs --compatible
+> $ ls -l proc/
-<!--note: this shows off the ease with which you can test deeper changes in the Hurd, so I think it warrants the space it gets.-->
+> Thomas Schwinge [added some more
+> information](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00066.html)
+> to the web pages, notably a bunch of [[open_issues]] reports, to have them
+> registered in a generic place, and to facilitate coordination. If you're
+> looking for a Hurd-related project to work on, go looking
+> [[there|open_issues]]! He also converted and merged some of the [hurdextras
+> CVS repositories](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/) into the [hurd Git
+> repositories](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd) and our
+> [incubator](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/refs/). All
+> of this should make it easier for new contributors to join in.
-> Thomas Schwinge
-> [added more information](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00066.html)
-> into the wiki, notably open issues, to facilitate coordination, and started converting
-> [hurdextras cvs repositories ](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/) into the
-> [hurd git repos](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd) and the
-> [incubator repository](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/).
-> All of these should make it easier for new contributors to join in, and
-> thanks to distributed version control, you can start hacking at once.
+> The [[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]] guys have some news to share, too:
+>
+> * They reported on their [current status](http://www.archhurd.org/news/17),
+> as well as they [released a new LiveCD
+> image](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/arch-hurd-livecd-i686-core-2010-08-25iso),
+> and added a [Planet Arch Hurd](http://planet.archhurd.org/) which
+> aggregates the different Arch Hurd Blogs.
+>
+> * The team packaged everything you need for a
+> [HAMP](http://www.archhurd.org/news/18/) system: Hurd, Apache, MySQL and
+> PHP.
+>
+> * Their Diego Nieto Cid sent a patch series to [*bring console-driver-xkb
+> up to
+> date*](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/threads.html#00012).
+> This is a add-on to allow using X keymaps to configure the [[Hurd
+> console|hurd/console]] for non-US keyboard layouts.
-> Additionally the Arch Hurd team
-> [released a new LiveCD](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/arch-hurd-livecd-i686-core-2010-08-25iso)
-> ([changes](http://www.archhurd.org/news/17))
-> which is a lot more stable that the previous one
-> (including packages for a more stable X, now at Xserver 1.9), added a
-> [Planet Arch Hurd](http://planet.archhurd.org/)
-> which aggregates the Arch Hurd Blogs and packaged everything you need for a
-> [HAMP](http://www.archhurd.org/news/18/) system:
-> Hurd, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Sidenote: you can now
-> [flattr](http://flattr.com/thing/44395/Arch-Hurd)
-> Arch Hurd, if you want to support the project.
-> Also for
-> [Arch Hurd](http://archhurd.org),
-> Diego Nieto Cid brought the console-driver-xkb
-> [up to date](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00012.html).
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-> Finally we had a short review of what the current Hurd contributors
-> [still need](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00029.html)
-> ([[summary|community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need]])
-> to use the Hurd for most of their day-to-day tasks.
+> Finally, amongst other bug fixing and other development work by the usual
+> suspects, we had a short review of what the current Hurd contributors [[still
+> need|community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need]] to use a GNU/Hurd system for
+> most of their day-to-day tasks. This may help to prioritize the development
+> efforts.
"""]]
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