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diff --git a/news/2023-q4.mdwn b/news/2023-q4.mdwn index 294b6b22..ae36dea8 100644 --- a/news/2023-q4.mdwn +++ b/news/2023-q4.mdwn @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ the Hurd. Many people worked on the Hurd's new [[x86_64 bit support|https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2023-10/msg00036.html]]. -A 64-bit debian bbuild is set up, and we can bootstrap a chroot! The +A 64-bit debian buildd is set up, and we can bootstrap a chroot! The hurd-amd64 wanna-build infrastructure is also set up. We are having issues reliably building packages on a 64-bit Hurd, which lead Samuel to uncover and fix [[a proc @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ seems best to remove any untyped RPC code. Sergey Bugaev added [[GNU Mach entry re-coalescing support|https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/open_issues/gnumach_vm_map_entry_forward_merging/]]. -Essentially, Mach is not always able to merge two vm entries that are -made next to each other, which slows down ext2 and bash. Sergey +Essentially, Mach was not always able to merge two vm entries that are +made next to each other, which was slowing down ext2, bash, etc. Sergey allowed GNU Mach to merge entries in the common cases, which greatly -helps ext2fs. +helps ext2fs for instance. Sergey is also working on [[porting the Ladybird web browser|https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2023-11/msg00013.html]] @@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ Power9|https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2023-10/msg00021.html]]. So if you want to test if your favorite packages work on the Hurd and contribute towards making the full GNU system usable for a wider range -of people, please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already -grab the [[source code|source_repositories]]. +of people, please [[check the contributing page|contributing]]. --- |