14 files changed, 99 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn
index ce289f7b..5d42b5c6 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ other: language_bindings, gnat, gccgo, perl_python.  -->
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnumach_cleanup" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/xmlfs" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
-[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/lexical_dot-dot" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/secure_chroot" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
@@ -113,3 +112,4 @@ other: language_bindings, gnat, gccgo, perl_python.  -->
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/valgrind" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
 [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/dtrace" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
+[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/libdiskfs_locking" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]]
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn
index 43682e8b..37dcc72d 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ is included in the section entitled
 
 [[!meta title="Port the Debian Installer to the Hurd"]]
 
+[!] Jérémie Koenig has been working on this as a [[Google Summer of Code
+2010|2010]] project.
+
+---
+
 The primary means of distributing the Hurd is through Debian GNU/Hurd.
 However, the installation CDs presently use an ancient, non-native installer.
 The situation could be much improved by making sure that the newer *Debian
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn
index 26f5a91b..54b20754 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 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
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!meta title="Porting Google Go (GCC: gccgo)"]]
 
-<!-- See also open_issues/gccgo.  -->
-
 The goal of this project is to make the [Google Go programming
 language](http://golang.org/) available on GNU/Hurd in its [[GCC]] *gccgo*
 implementation.
@@ -23,7 +21,14 @@ Apart from a solid knowledge of the [[POSIX]] API, working knowledge of the
 Google Go programming language is a must.  Some Hurd knowledge will have to be
 acquired while working on the project.
 
+Designing and implementing [[language_bindings]] is a follow-up project.
+
 Possible mentors: Ian Lance Taylor: gccgo bits, [[Thomas Schwinge
 (tschwinge)|tschwinge]]: Hurd bits.
 
 Exercise: Fix one of the problems preventing *gccgo* from working on the Hurd.
+
+---
+
+[[Open Issue page|open_issues/gccgo]].  [Entry in the GCC
+wiki](http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#gccgo_hurd).
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn
index f78c1f64..fef26353 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2011, 2012 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
@@ -10,8 +11,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!meta title="Porting GNAT (GCC)"]]
 
-<!-- See also open_issues/gnat.  -->
-
 The GNU Ada Translator (GNAT) isn't available for the Hurd so far. There are
 also a number of other Debian packages depending on GNAT, and thus not
 buildable on the Hurd.
@@ -21,7 +20,14 @@ requires implementing some explicitly system-specific stuff in GNAT, and maybe
 fixing a few other problems. Good knowledge of Ada is a must; some Hurd
 knowledge will have to be acquired while working on the project.
 
-Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi), [[Thomas Schwinge
+Designing and implementing [[language_bindings]] is a follow-up project.
+
+Possible mentors: [[Samuel Thibault (youpi)|samuelthibault]], [[Thomas Schwinge
 (tschwinge)|tschwinge]].
 
 Exercise: Fix one of the problems preventing GNAT from working on the Hurd.
+
+---
+
+[[Open Issue page|open_issues/gnat]].  [Entry in the GCC
+wiki](http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#gnat_hurd).
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn
index 6b36c50d..d9a426be 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation,
-Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 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
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ These more specialized bindings could hook in at some of the lower level
 library interfaces ([[hurd/libports]], [[hurd/glibc]], etc.); use the
 [[microkernel/mach/MIG]]-provided [[microkernel/mach/RPC]] stubs directly; or
 even create native stubs directly from the interface definitions. The
-[[lisp_bindings_created_by_Flavio_Cruz|flaviocruz]] in last year's GSoC mostly
-use the latter approach, and can serve as a good example.
+[[lisp_bindings_created_by_Flavio_Cruz|flaviocruz]] as his [[2008 GSoC
+project|2008]] mostly use the latter approach, and can serve as a good example.
+In his [[2011 GSoC project|2011]], Jérémie Koenig designed and began
+implementing an object-oriented interface; see his [[Java status
+page|user/jkoenig/java]] for details.
 
 There is another possible reason for preferring lower-level bindings:
 Presently, the Hurd server libraries use the cthreads threading library, which
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn
index 67e3fc28..f668b6f2 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012 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]]."]]"""]]
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!meta title="Namespace-based Translator Selection"]]
 
+[!] [[Sergiu Ivanov|scolobb]] has been working *voluntarily* on this task an
+inofficial GSoC 2008 participant.  Not all the desired functionality is in
+place yet, though.
+
+---
+
 The main idea behind the Hurd is to make (almost) all system functionality
 user-modifiable ([[extensible_system|extensibility]]).  This includes a
 user-modifiable filesystem: the whole filesystem is implemented decentrally, by
@@ -75,8 +82,3 @@ Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
 
 Exercise: Try to make some modification to the existing unionfs and/or firmlink
 translators. (More specific suggestions welcome... :-) )
-
-*Status*: Sergiu Ivanov has been working *voluntarily* on
-[[namespace-based_translator_selection|scolobb]], as an inofficial GSoC 2008
-participant! Not all the desired functionality is in place yet; work is
-ongoing.
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn
index e7c18324..d4980279 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012 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]]."]]"""]]
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!meta title="Improved NFS Implementation"]]
 
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ has been done for a former GSoC application -- it might give you some pointers.
 But don't take any of the statements made there for granted -- check the facts
 yourself!
 
+A bigger subtask is the [[libnetfs: `io_map`|open_issues/libnetfs_io_map]]
+issue.
+
 This task, [[!GNU_Savannah_task 5497]], has no special prerequisites besides general programming skills, and
 an interest in file systems and network protocols.
 
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn
index 0434ab9c..e6b484af 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation,
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation,
 Inc."]]
 
 [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@ 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]]."]]"""]]
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!meta title="procfs"]]
 
+[!] Madhusudan.C.S has implemented a new, fully functional
+[[procfs|madhusudancs]] as a [[GSoC 2008 project|2008]].
+
+[!] This was not the end of the story: [[jkoenig's
+`procfs`|hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig]] is yet another re-written and
+improved version.
+
+---
+
 Although there is no standard (POSIX or other) for the layout of the `/proc`
 pseudo-filesystem, it turned out a very useful facility in GNU/Linux and other
 systems, and many tools concerned with process management use it. (`ps`, `top`,
@@ -41,12 +50,3 @@ existing Linux `/proc` interface -- no design considerations necessary.
 Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
 
 Exercise: Add or fix one piece in the existing procfs translator.
-
-*Status*: Madhusudan.C.S has implemented a new, fully functional [[procfs|madhusudancs]] for
-GSoC 2008. He is still working on some outstanding issues.
-
----
-
-Note that this was not the end of the story: [[jkoenig's
-`procfs`|hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig]] is yet another re-written and
-improved version.
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn
index 63b4effe..c38c6da8 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012 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]]."]]"""]]
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!meta title="Fix tmpfs"]]
 
+[!] [[Maksym_Planeta]] has been making good progress here; status is tracked at
+[[here|hurd/translator/tmpfs/discussion]].
+
+---
+
 In some situations it is desirable to have a file system that is not backed by
 actual disk storage, but only by anonymous memory, i.e. lives in the RAM (and
 possibly swap space).
diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn
index 7178d826..8ec4c42e 100644
--- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn
+++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Completing this project will require digging into some parts of the Hurd, but
 it should be quite doable without previous Hurd experience. Some experience
 with xattrs might help a bit, but shouldn't be really necessary either.
 
-Some previous work on xattr support is available in [[!GNU_Savannah_patch
-5126]], and might serve as a starting point.
+Some previous work on xattr support is [[available|open_issues/xattr]], and
+might serve as a starting point.
 
 Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi)
 
diff --git a/hurd/libstore/part.mdwn b/hurd/libstore/part.mdwn
index 5d727ad8..5260d05d 100644
--- a/hurd/libstore/part.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/libstore/part.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2012 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
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ Neal:
 
 > The motivation was to be able to evict the partitioning logic from Mach.
 
----
 
-TODO: How to use, etc.
+# Booting
+
+A similar problem is described in
+[[community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot]], and needs to be implemented.
+
+
+# TODO
+
+How to use, etc.
diff --git a/hurd/translator/nfs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/nfs.mdwn
index 384144dc..bf24370a 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/nfs.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/nfs.mdwn
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ Translator acting as a NFS client.
 
 # See Also
 
+  * [[libnetfs: `io_map`|open_issues/libnetfs_io_map]] issue
+
   * [[open_issues/libnfs]]
diff --git a/open_issues/dde.mdwn b/open_issues/dde.mdwn
index adb070cd..b0b38a2a 100644
--- a/open_issues/dde.mdwn
+++ b/open_issues/dde.mdwn
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ Still waiting for interface finalization and proper integration.
 [[!toc]]
 
 
+# Disk Drivers
+
+Not yet supported.
+
+The plan is to use [[libstore_parted]] for accessing partitions.
+
+
+## Booting
+
+A similar problem is described in
+[[community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot]], and needs to be implemented.
+
+
 # Upstream Status
 
 
diff --git a/open_issues/xattr.mdwn b/open_issues/xattr.mdwn
index 2f80f70c..558c93b7 100644
--- a/open_issues/xattr.mdwn
+++ b/open_issues/xattr.mdwn
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 [[!tag open_issue_glibc open_issue_hurd]]
 
+This task is listed as a [[Google Summer of Code project
+idea|community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr]].
+
 IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-06-01:
 
     <gnu_srs> Another thing: the lsattr and chattr programs seems to be bogus