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diff --git a/Hurd/ToDo.mdwn b/Hurd/ToDo.mdwn index 0e6ef567..2d65f0c8 100644 --- a/Hurd/ToDo.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/ToDo.mdwn @@ -1,21 +1,115 @@ -# <a name="Debian_GNU_Hurd"> </a> Debian GNU/Hurd +For how best to contribte, see [[contributing]]. -The Debian Hurd port maintains [a list of projects](http://alioth.debian.org/pm/?group_id=30628), both porting and general enhancements. +This todo is primarily targetted at the Hurd proper +and applications that rely on the Hurd interfaces. -# <a name="psmisc"> psmisc </a> +The canonical TODOs from the CVS archive: + +* [TODO file](http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/~checkout~/hurd/hurd/TODO?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain) +* [Task file](http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/~checkout~/hurd/hurd/tasks?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain) + +* psmisc The tools provided by the psmisc package are linux centric. Killall and pstree, for instance, require Linux's proc file system but could just as easily use Hurd's libps. --- [[NealWalfield]] - 14 Dec 2005 +* tmpfs +* ppp +* unionfs/stowfs +* supermount translator -# <a name="tmpfs"> tmpfs </a> +Related: [[KnownHurdLimits]] -# <a name="ppp"> ppp </a> +From Marcus, 2002: -# <a name="unionfs_stowfs"> unionfs/stowfs </a> +* xkb driver for console (for international users) +* kbd leds in console (well, in general, Roland's new driver in oskit for that crap) +* fixing fakeroot (it's buggy) +* fixing tmpfs (it's buggy, Neal says it's Mach's fault) +* adding posix shared memory (requires the io\_close call to be implemented) +* adding posix file locking (requires the io\_close call to be implemented) +* testing + * find + various filesystems (are inode numbers for . and .. sane?) + * ext2fs with other block sizes than 4096 + * --help and --version and --usage in all programs + * I have seen ^V in some --help output, might be argp bug + * Verify that all options are documented clearly, and that no unimplemented options appear + * Is the short and long description in the help output correct? + * Is the return value of all programs correct (eg, does main() return a sane value) + * Is the suid bit correctly set for all installed programs? + * Translators + * Does settrans -g work? -fg? + * Does fsysopts work? Does setting options with fsysopts work? + * Does stat() work on all translated nodes and give proper data? + * What about chown, chmod (some translators should pass this through to the underlying node, esp in /dev!) + * Does statfs give correct data? + * Are all inode numbers and link counts correct? +* We also should have a "make check" test suite. We can add this once Jeff finished his automake patches +* pick up the other things + * pthread, definitely. Now that we are so close + * new console is basically done + * needs integration of course + * X switching support +* there is certainly more to do ... -# <a name="_http_hurd_gnufans_org_bin_view_"> </a> [Improve Mach](http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Mach/GNUMachRevivalProject) +Wolfgang list of [Easy tasks](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-hurd/2002-July/006413.html) on July 28, 2002: -# <a name="supermount_translator"> supermount translator </a> +<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> + <tr> + <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Difficulty</strong></th> + <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Task</strong></th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 0 </td> + <td> Check if all programs handle options (at least --help, --version and --usage; don't forget about the shell scripts) </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 1 </td> + <td> Check if all translators handle fsysopts </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 1 </td> + <td> Check if all translators respond to "settrans -g" </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 1 </td> + <td> More tests of this kind </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 2 </td> + <td> Fix those of the above who don't work as intended </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 2 </td> + <td> Document (in doc/hurd.texi) all undocumented programs (translators as well as programs in utils/ and sutils/ and some others) </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 1 </td> + <td> Find a POSIX test suite, run it on GNU/Hurd, report the results </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 1 </td> + <td> Find more useful test suites to run </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 3 </td> + <td> Update INSTALL-cross </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 2 </td> + <td> Check if all the store classes in libstore work (we have many of them, look into the Makefile) </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 4 </td> + <td> Fix those who don't work </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 2 </td> + <td> Document all still undocumented store classes </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td> 2 </td> + <td> The console is pretty new code, it told me it wants to get tested </td> + </tr> +</table> -# <a name="user_level_drivers"> user-level drivers </a> +Where difficulty 0 means trivial and 4 means tricky; the difficulty has nothing to do with the importance. |