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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index 1c20be8b..548869c5 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -49,24 +49,10 @@ Due to the very small number of developers, our progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful operating systems, but we believe to have reached [[a very decent state|hurd/status]], even with our limited resources. -We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd over the past -decades. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people +We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd [[over the past +decades|history]]. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people today, please [[join|contributing]]!), but in the end a lot of people have -contributed one way or the other. **Thanks everybody!** - -**An incomplete GNU/Hurd Timeline** - -- 1997: Last release of the Hurd without Debian: GNU Hurd 0.2. -- 2002: GNU MIG 1.3, libio-based glibc, GNU Mach 1.3 (disks >= 10GiB), Hurd L4 starts, work on the transition from cthreads to pthreads starts, Hurd installation party in Heidelberg, Toronto Hurd User Group meeting, Presentation at EpX in Paris ([slides](http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/pres-en/)). -- 2003: [Crosshurd](http://packages.debian.org/crosshurd), [LinuxTag 2003](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2003-07/msg00029.html). -- 2005: Hurd/L4 at Libre Software Meeting. -- 2007: [[FOSDEM|community/meetings/fosdem_2007]], the [[critique_and_position_paper|news/2007-01-14]], [[libchannel_for_GSoC|news/2007-10-01]], [[IPv6|news/2007-10-12]], Hurd/L4 abandoned, Hurd on Xen. -- 2008: [[5_successful_GSoC_projects|community/gsoc/2008]], [[Hurd/Viengoos|news/2008-12-12]]. -- 2009: [[GSoC_unionmount_translator|news/2009-09-30]], [[Start_of_Device_Drivers_in_Userspace|news/2009-11-30]]. 66% of the Debian packages build. -- 2010: [Arch Hurd](http://www.archhurd.org/), [Initial Nix port](http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/hurd-master), [[DDE|news/2010-02-28]], Thesis: [[Generalizing mobility for the Hurd|news/2010-01-31]], [Hurd article in LWN](http://lwn.net/Articles/395150/), [[procfs|hurd/translator/procfs]], Talk: [It’s about Freedom](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2010/GNU-Hurd_-_Its_About_Freedom,_Or_Why_you_should_care.ogv), GSoC: Debian Installer, Hurd/Viengoos on hold. 68% of the Debian packages build. -- 2011: [[GNU_Hurd_0.401|news/2011-04-01]], xkb, [Hurd in xkcd](http://xkcd.com/844/), Graphical Debian Installer, Plans for Debian GNU Hurd in Wheezy, Hurd [bounties](http://www.fossfactory.org/project/p276) on FOSS Factory, [[Lots of attention from the press brought lots of rumors|news/2011-q2-ps]], [Talk at GHM in Paris](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/#outline-container-2-5) ([video](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/Samuel_Thibault-GNU_Hurd.ogv)), slab allocator, Continuous builds with Nix, improved build system, GSoC: [[Java|user/jkoenig/java]]. 70% of the Debian packages build. -- 2012: Half the Linux 2.6.32 network drivers build with DDE, [Continuous testing with Nix](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00019.html), glibc changes pushed upstream, improved debugging, memory mapping [with red-black tree](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00109.html), switch to pthreads finished, [[live-filesystem-debugging_report|news/2012-q1-q2]]. -- 2013: [Talk at FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/hurd_microkernel/). +contributed one way or another. **Thanks everybody!** --- diff --git a/history.mdwn b/history.mdwn index 8cde0a33..793ca04f 100644 --- a/history.mdwn +++ b/history.mdwn @@ -93,3 +93,50 @@ mailing lists. --- * [[Port_to_another_microkernel]] + +--- + +# An Incomplete GNU Hurd Timeline + + * 1997: GNU Hurd 0.2. + * 2002: GNU MIG 1.3, libio-based glibc, GNU Mach 1.3, Hurd L4 starts, work on + the transition from cthreads to pthreads starts, Hurd installation party in + Heidelberg, Toronto Hurd User Group meeting, Presentation at EpX in Paris + ([slides](http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/pres-en/)). + * 2003: [Crosshurd](http://packages.debian.org/crosshurd), [LinuxTag + 2003](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2003-07/msg00029.html). + * 2005: Hurd/L4 at Libre Software Meeting. + * 2007: [[FOSDEM|community/meetings/fosdem_2007]], the [[critique and + position paper|news/2007-01-14]], [[libchannel for GSoC|news/2007-10-01]], + [[IPv6|news/2007-10-12]], Hurd/L4 abandoned, Hurd on Xen. + * 2008: [[Five successful GSoC projects|community/gsoc/2008]], + [[Hurd/Viengoos|news/2008-12-12]]. + * 2009: [[GSoC unionmount translator|news/2009-09-30]], [[Start of Device + Drivers in Userspace|news/2009-11-30]]. 66% of the Debian packages build. + * 2010: [Arch Hurd](http://www.archhurd.org/), [Initial Nix + port](http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/hurd-master), + [[DDE|news/2010-02-28]], Thesis: [[Generalizing mobility for the + Hurd|news/2010-01-31]], [Hurd article in + LWN](http://lwn.net/Articles/395150/), [[procfs|hurd/translator/procfs]], + Talk: [It's about + Freedom](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2010/GNU-Hurd_-_Its_About_Freedom,_Or_Why_you_should_care.ogv), + GSoC: Debian Installer, Hurd/Viengoos on hold. 68% of the Debian packages + build. + * 2011: [[GNU Hurd 0.401|news/2011-04-01]], xkb, [Hurd in + xkcd](http://xkcd.com/844/), Graphical Debian Installer, + [[bounties|2011-05-02-foss_factory]] on FOSS Factory, [[Lots of attention + from the press brought lots of rumors|news/2011-q2-ps]], [Talk at GHM in + Paris](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2011/paris/#outline-container-2-5) + ([video](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/Samuel_Thibault-GNU_Hurd.ogv)), + slab allocator, Continuous builds with Nix, improved build system, GSoC: + [[Java|user/jkoenig/java]]. 70% of the Debian packages build. + * 2012: Half the Linux 2.6.32 network drivers build with DDE, [Continuous + testing with + Nix](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-03/msg00019.html), + improved debugging, memory mapping [with red-black + tree](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00109.html), + switch to pthreads finished, [[live-filesystem-debugging + report|news/2012-q1-q2]]. + * 2013: [Talk at + FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/hurd_microkernel/), [[Debian + GNU/Hurd 2013|contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013]]. diff --git a/hurd/status.mdwn b/hurd/status.mdwn index e4b87923..8e6b72db 100644 --- a/hurd/status.mdwn +++ b/hurd/status.mdwn @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ GNU/Hurd 2013|contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013]]. [[hurd/running/Nix]] provides QEMU images. That said, the last official release of the Hurd -without the Debian parts was 0.2 done in 1997. +without the Debian parts was 0.2 done in 1997 ([[history]]). New official releases will be done, as soon as the Hurd is sufficently stable and feature |