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diff --git a/news/2011-q2.mdwn b/news/2011-q2.mdwn index cc396a07..92c13b55 100644 --- a/news/2011-q2.mdwn +++ b/news/2011-q2.mdwn @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ 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="2011-07-01 23:42 UTC"]] +[[!meta date="2011-07-03 17:30 UTC"]] -A Quarter of the Hurd: *graphical installer*, *GSoC*, and *Debian inclusion plan*. +A quarter of the Hurd, Q2 of 2011: *Graphical Installer*, *GSoC*, and *Debian*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else=" @@ -18,17 +18,44 @@ else=" [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -<!--basic structure of a MotH entry. Adapt, reduce and add points as needed. At the end, try to make the text flow as a unified whole.--> - -The last two months Samuel Thibault [created](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00189.html) the first Debian GNU/Hurd CD set with a graphical installer. You can dowload it at [the usual place for debian cdimages](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/). - -Also Jeremie Koenig started working on his [[Google_Summer_of_Code_project|user/jkoenig/java]]: bringing not only Java to the Hurd but also adding missing parts in Hurd pthreads. As first treat he [added signal improvements](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00182.html). -Meanwhile Tanguy le Carrour offered to sponsor some Hurd work, and followed up on his offer by adding Hurd bounties on FOSS factory - [[claim_them_if_you_can|news/2011-05-02-foss_factory]]! It’s no full additional GSoC, but a step in the right direction. So, if you have more money than time and want the Hurd to succeed, why don’t you join Tanguy? - -On the technical side, Samuel Thibault [fixed a port-leak](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00025.html) in file_reparent which got visible in the debian builder. - -And on the organizational side, the Hurd now has a clear path to full [inclusion in Debian](http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd): Since we now have a graphical installer, the next goal is to get as many packages ported as kFreeBSD (85%) for Wheezy, sometime between mid 2012 and beginning of 2013. We currently are at about 65%, so, if you always wanted to contribute to the Hurd and did not know how to help most effectively: [[Porting|contributing#porting]] is a great way to help improving the Hurd, especially now! - -Finally, if you think that the MotH needs some spice up or misses crucial information, it is now much easier to contribute to it, because from this version onward, it is prepared [[publicly_in_the_wiki|contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next]], lowering the barrier of entry for news-writing. Feel free to [[contribute|contributing/web_pages/news]]! +Jérémie Koenig started working on his [[Google Summer of Code +project|user/jkoenig/java]]: bringing not only Java to the Hurd, but also +fixing or adding missing parts in the Hurd's components along the way. For +example, he already contributed [a set of signal handling +improvements](http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-06/threads.html#00119). + +Samuel Thibault +[created](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00189.html) the +first Debian GNU/Hurd CD set with a graphical installer. You can dowload it at +[the usual place for Debian CD +images](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/). + +Amongst others, Samuel also [tracked down and +fixed](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00025.html) a port +leak in `file_reparent`. This one got visible on the Debian package builder +machine. + +On the organizational side, there is now a real plan to release a Hurd variant +of Debian with their next major release, Wheezy. Expected towards the end of +2012 or beginning of 2013, the Hurd-specific bits of that release effort's +process are being tracked on <http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd>. There +is still a lot of work left to be done, but -- as everyone knows -- a real goal +as well as a bit of pressure might help to actually get it done. If you want +to lend a helping hand in order to make this happen, [[porting +packages|contributing#porting]] is a great way to get started and do something +useful at the same time. + +Tanguy le Carrour offered to sponsor some Hurd work, and followed up on his +offer by adding to the Hurd bounties that Thomas Schwinge had set up over at on +FOSS Factory -- [[claim them if you can|2011-05-02-foss_factory]]! It's not +(not yet?) comparable to a Google Summer of Code student's salary, but a step +into the right direction. So, if you have more money than time and want the +Hurd to advance, why don't you [[join Tanguy|2011-05-02-foss_factory]]? + +At the end of August, Hurd folks will be meeting at the [[GNU Hackers +Meeting|community/meetings/ghm2011]] in Paris. Samuel Thibault will be giving +a talk (*GNU/Hurd, aka. Extensibility from the Ground*), and -- amongs others +-- Jérémie Koenig will be there too, ready to answer all the questions about +his Java/Hurd Google Summer of Code work. """]] |