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diff --git a/hurd/status.mdwn b/hurd/status.mdwn index 771b1c50..30a63865 100644 --- a/hurd/status.mdwn +++ b/hurd/status.mdwn @@ -8,18 +8,25 @@ 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]]."]]"""]] -The last official release of the Hurd was 0.2. An -eminent release is not planned. There are a number of -reasons for this. +The Hurd team doesn't create hurd-only releases, but instead relies +on a distribution done by folks from Debian. -One is that the Hurd is not sufficently stable or feature +That Debian version closely tracks the progress of the Hurd +(and often includes many new features), +so little would be gained by creating an official pure Hurd release. + +[[Debian GNU/Hurd|running/debian]] offers livecds and qemu images +to test-drive the Hurd in a real life system with access to about +50% of the Debian software archive. + + +That said, the last official release of the Hurd was 0.2. + +New official releases will be done, as soon as +the Hurd is sufficently stable and feature complete. If an official release of the Hurd were made now, people would try the Hurd and be disappointed. People already expect delays; to disappoint them in this way as well would be unfortunate. Moreover, it lessens the possibility that they will try the Hurd again in the future. -Another reason is that, Debian provides a [[distribution|running/debian]] that -closely tracks Hurd development (and often includes many -new features). Little is to be gained by making an official -release. |