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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn index cd09dbcb..dd0c44b3 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/qoth_next.mdwn @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ else=" * Jeremie Koenig released the final report on his GSoC project Java on Hurd http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/jkoenig/java/report along with a summary of his changes and the challenges he bested http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-01/msg00062.html . -* Richard Braun libpcap bringing wireshart http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-01/msg00059.html +* Richard Braun [libpcap](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-01/msg00059.html) bringing wireshark and [pcap_inject](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00000.html) for easier network testing. * Samuel Thibault prepared dde in incubator, making about half the Linux network drivers compile on the Hurd http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-02/msg00037.html . Also he added the netdde debian package and testing notes http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-02/msg00038.html . @@ -35,7 +35,27 @@ else=" * Samuel Thibault merged the slab branch, finishing Maksym Planetas GSoC work on a better memory allocator http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-02/msg00010.html . +* Thomas Schwinge [moved](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00063.html) the translators [cvsfs](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/log/?h=cvsfs/master), [libfuse](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/log/?h=libfuse/master) and [smbfs](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/log/?h=smbfs/master) into the incubator git repository, reducing the barrier of entry to improving them, so integrating cvs and samba in the filesystem and using FUSE translators can be stabilized more easily. +* Svante Signell [added](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00060.html) the basics of ADA support by making gnat build. This gives us the option to use provable programs optimized for embedded systems with the Hurd. + +* Maksym Planeta published some [performance tests of tmpfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00040.html), showing a speedup from 22s with ramfs and ext2fs to 16s with tmpfs for apt-get calls. An obvious usecase for tmpfs are [faster Hurd LiveCDs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00050.html). + +* Samuel Thibault [improved debugging in GNU Mach](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00032.html) by making the debugger aware of the difference between kernel space and user space. This should substantially reduce the development time for features in Mach by giving [nicer stack traces](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00047.html). + +* Ludovic Courtès added [a continuous testing framework](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00019.html) using a Nix-based GNU QEMU image. Since Hurd can now be built using „Nix“ (german for nothing), how about asking a colleague to revise his image of the Hurd as vaporware and showing him vapor chugging away on a compile of your favorite free program? If you don’t want to install it yourself, you can also check the [automatic tests on hydra](http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/hurd-master) ([background](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00104.html)). + +* Ludovic Courtes [fixed invalid port deallocation in `symlink'](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00013.html) and [made console-run resilient against missing /dev/console](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00002.html), improving the overall reliability of the system. + +* Pino Toscano improved the POSIX compliance of the Hurd [for nanosleep](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00130.html) [ptsname_r](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00122.html), +[getlogin_r](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00121.html) +and [getgroups](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00120.html), making it easier to port POSIX programs. + +* Richard brown improved memory mapping [with a red-black tree](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00109.html), which should speed up memory access. + +* Thomas Schwinge [improved the Hurd build system](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00087.html), making it easier to get in: „running autoreconf is all you need“. + +* This quarter [hurd hacker] [item] |