news/2016-12-18-releases

3 files changed, 189 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/news/2015-10-31-releases.mdwn b/news/2015-10-31-releases.mdwn
index a4404e7a..75ceb9cf 100644
--- a/news/2015-10-31-releases.mdwn
+++ b/news/2015-10-31-releases.mdwn
@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ We're pleased to announce new releases!
     [NEWS](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git/tree/NEWS?id=v0.7):
 
         Version 0.7 (2015-10-31)
-
+        
         The node cache in ext2fs has been improved, generalized, and moved to
         libdiskfs.  It is now also used by isofs and fatfs.
-
+        
         The native fakeroot tool has been greatly improved.  It now handles
         named sockets, and multiple corner cases related to permissions were
         identified and fixed.
-
+        
         A new utility `rpcscan' has been introduced.  It scans Mach servers
         and displays the RPCs handled by the associated demuxer.
-
+        
         A long-standing synchronization issue involving the filesystem
         translators, libdiskfs, and libpager has been identified and fixed.
-
+        
         The code has been updated to work with newer versions of the compiler
         and libc, and numerous bugs have been fixed throughout the code.
 
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ We're pleased to announce new releases!
 
         Version 1.6 (2015-10-31)
         
-        * MIG now emits RPC lookup functions that are declared `static inline'
-          improving compatibility with newer dialects of C.
+        MIG now emits RPC lookup functions that are declared `static inline'
+        improving compatibility with newer dialects of C.
 
     Release tarballs may be downloaded from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/>,
     <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/>, or checked out of Git,
diff --git a/news/2016-05-18-releases.mdwn b/news/2016-05-18-releases.mdwn
index 6ed8a31e..ff1b2c30 100644
--- a/news/2016-05-18-releases.mdwn
+++ b/news/2016-05-18-releases.mdwn
@@ -103,22 +103,22 @@ We're pleased to announce new releases!
 
         Version 1.7 (2016-05-18)
         
-        * MIG now has a test suite.  It includes a set of valid and invalid
-          definition files that MIG will try to process.  For valid
-          definitions, GCC will compile the stubs to check if valid C code was
-          generated.
+        MIG now has a test suite.  It includes a set of valid and invalid
+        definition files that MIG will try to process.  For valid
+        definitions, GCC will compile the stubs to check if valid C code was
+        generated.
         
-        * The generated code uses integer types from <stdint.h> now instead of
-          the old Mach types.
+        The generated code uses integer types from <stdint.h> now instead of
+        the old Mach types.
         
-        * Code that was hard-coding the word size has been identified and
-          fixed.
+        Code that was hard-coding the word size has been identified and
+        fixed.
         
-        * Support for the obsolete kinds of RPC routines 'functions',
-          'procedures', and 'simple procedures' has been removed.
+        Support for the obsolete kinds of RPC routines 'functions',
+        'procedures', and 'simple procedures' has been removed.
         
-        * MIG now emits code that casts objects translated from capabilities
-          to the correct C type.
+        MIG now emits code that casts objects translated from capabilities
+        to the correct C type.
 
     Release tarballs may be downloaded from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/>,
     <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/>, or checked out of Git,
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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2016 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="2016-12-18 22:00 UTC"]]
+
+GNU Hurd 0.9, GNU Mach 1.8, GNU MIG 1.8 released.
+[[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news
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+else="
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+
+[[!cut id="full_news" text="""
+
+We're pleased to announce new releases!
+
+  * **GNU Hurd 0.9**,
+    [NEWS](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git/tree/NEWS?id=v0.9):
+
+        Version 0.9 (2016-12-18)
+        
+        The 'boot' program can now be run as unprivileged user, allowing any
+        user to create unprivileged Subhurds.
+        
+        An ethernet multiplexer (eth-multiplexer translator) has been merged
+        into this repository.  This is a network multiplexer that makes
+        available virtual interfaces, and routes traffic between these and a
+        real ethernet interface.  It uses the Berkeley Packet Filter library
+        (libbpf), which has also been merged.  The ethernet multiplexer now
+        generates and uses stable pseudo-random ethernet addresses for the
+        virtual interfaces.
+        
+        As usual, bugs have been fixed throughout the code, notably in
+        libpager and ext2fs which now gracefully handles running out of space.
+        Further compatibility fixes have been applied (for compliance to
+        standards such as POSIX).
+
+    Release tarballs may be downloaded from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/>,
+    <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/>, or checked out of Git,
+    <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git>.  SHA1 checksums:
+
+        7e6f406e5202501216a0da4b4ee7914f1e0a7552  hurd-0.9.tar.bz2
+        ffa8d40a99835824a0228bf54570c054d7fe8bf0  hurd-0.9.tar.bz2.sig
+        ef999452b794d7239a5ed98999def51bf11c8c17  hurd-0.9.tar.gz
+        5f5d34bbbe8cccafbe79f13103d7e48b3a2baddf  hurd-0.9.tar.gz.sig
+
+    The [[**GNU Hurd**|hurd]] is the GNU project's replacement for the [[Unix]]
+    kernel.  It is a collection of [[servers|hurd/translator]] that run on the
+    Mach microkernel to implement file systems, network protocols, file access
+    control, and other features that are implemented by the Unix kernel or
+    similar kernels (such as Linux).  More detailed: [[hurd/documentation]],
+    [[hurd/what_is_the_GNU_Hurd]].
+
+  * **GNU Mach 1.8**,
+    [NEWS](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/gnumach.git/tree/NEWS?id=v1.8):
+
+        Version 1.8 (2016-12-18)
+        
+        The memory management system was extensively reworked.  A new type for
+        physical addresses is now used where appropriate, and the system can
+        make use of the high memory segment.  Many paging issues have been
+        addressed, and as a result the system handles low memory situations
+        more gracefully now.
+        
+        The virtual memory system now uses a red-black tree for allocations,
+        and as a result it now supports tasks with tens of thousands of
+        mappings.
+        
+        Debugging and error reporting has been improved.  Among other things
+        the VM maps are now augmented with names that are used in error
+        messages, panics and assertions point to their locations, the lock
+        debugging mechanism has been fixed, and the kernel debugger can now
+        inspect stack traces reaching into the machine-dependent bits
+        implemented in assembler.
+        
+        As usual, bugs have been fixed throughout the code, including minor
+        issues with the gsync synchronization mechanism which is now used for
+        the internal locks in the GNU C Library (glibc).
+        
+        The deprecated external memory management interface has been removed.
+        
+        The partial ACPI support has been removed.
+
+    Release tarballs may be downloaded from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/>,
+    <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/>, or checked out of Git,
+    <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/gnumach.git>.  SHA1 checksums:
+
+        4b59c7f7bc814576d2b88c43c0cdba292824f230  gnumach-1.8.tar.bz2
+        e6262e991a1e056bb87741a9456811cf73e8f7cd  gnumach-1.8.tar.bz2.sig
+        8cbebcbee624c64d926de8779272821c67663da5  gnumach-1.8.tar.gz
+        28c4a65db3c04bf7508b74a187a3d6aae3a5ce31  gnumach-1.8.tar.gz.sig
+
+    [[**GNU Mach**|microkernel/mach/gnumach]] is the GNU distribution of the
+    [[Mach microkernel|microkernel/mach]], upon which a GNU Hurd system is
+    based.  The [[microkernel]] provides an [[Inter Process Communication
+    (IPC)|ipc]] mechanism that the Hurd uses to define interfaces for
+    implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the services a
+    traditional operating system kernel provides.  More detailed:
+    [[microkernel/mach/documentation]].
+
+  * **GNU MIG 1.8**,
+    [NEWS](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/mig.git/tree/NEWS?id=v1.8):
+
+        Version 1.8 (2016-12-18)
+        
+        A spurious warning in the generated code has been fixed.
+
+    Release tarballs may be downloaded from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/>,
+    <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/>, or checked out of Git,
+    <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/mig.git>.  SHA1 checksums:
+
+        f765881d6ed4e883372eee52fd7842e7048a3da8  mig-1.8.tar.bz2
+        2091b6632176eeba1dac524d0ae939334ed51fdb  mig-1.8.tar.bz2.sig
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+
+    [[**GNU MIG**|microkernel/mach/mig/gnu_mig]] is the GNU distribution of the
+    [[Mach 3.0 Interface Generator (MIG)|microkernel/mach/mig]].  This tool
+    translates [[Remote Procedure Call (RPC)|rpc]] definition files to C code,
+    and is required to compile any packages that are receiving or invoking
+    RPCs, such as GNU Mach, GNU Hurd, and the GNU C Library (glibc) when
+    compiled for the Hurd.  More detailed:
+    [[microkernel/mach/mig/documentation]].
+
+  * **glibc-2.23-hurd+libpthread-20161218**
+
+    Based on the [[glibc]] 2.23 release, we include additional changes for GNU
+    Hurd support, and bundle GNU Hurd's [[libpthread]].
+
+    Snapshot tarballs may be downloaded from <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/>,
+    <http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/>, or checked out of Git,
+    <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/glibc.git> and
+    <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/libpthread.git>.  SHA1 checksums:
+
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+        1475fff2029fcd2c655d6ea05af5efa74d224b4f  glibc-2.23-hurd+libpthread-20161218.tar.bz2.sig
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+
+    The [[**GNU C Library** (glibc)|glibc]] implements a system's standard
+    library functions (as described by ISO C, and POSIX, for example).  An
+    important part of the Hurd actually resides in glibc: here, the system
+    interfaces are implemented on top of the [[Hurd IPC
+    protocols|hurd/interface]].  This is different to the Linux port, where
+    most simple system interfaces are in fact simply forwarded to/implemented
+    as [[system_call]]s.
+
+Many thanks to all the people who are helping!
+
+If you want to give the Hurd a try, you may easily do so with [[Debian
+GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]].
+
+The GNU Hurd system currently runs on 32-bit x86 machines.  To compile the
+Hurd, you need a toolchain configured to target `i?86-gnu`; you cannot use a
+toolchain targeting GNU/Linux.
+
+Please read the [[FAQ]].
+Bug reports should be sent to [[mailing_lists/bug-hurd]] or filed on
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=hurd>.  Requests for assistance
+should be sent to [[mailing_lists/help-hurd]] or filed on
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=hurd>.  You can also find us on
+the Freenode IRC network in the [[#hurd|IRC]] channel.
+
+"""]]