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diff --git a/news/2006-04-27.mdwn b/news/2006-04-27.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9f99488a --- /dev/null +++ b/news/2006-04-27.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2006, 2008 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]]."]]"""]] + +<p>The GNU Hurd project will participate in this year's <strong>Google +Summer of Code</strong>, under the aegis of the GNU project.</p> + +<p>The following is a list of items you might want to work on. If you want to +modify or extend these tasks or have your own ideas what to work on, please +feel invited to contact us on the +[[bug-hurd_mailing_list|mailing lists/bug-hurd]] or +the [[#hurd_IRC_channel|irc]].</p> + +<ul> + +<li>Make GNU Mach use more <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5488">up +to date <em>device drivers</em></a>.</li> + +<li>Work on <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5489">GNU Mach's +<em>IPC / VM system</em></a>.</li> + +<li>Design and implement a <a +href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5485"><em>sound system</em></a>.</li> + +<li>Transition the Hurd libraries and servers <a +href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5487">from <em>cthreads</em> to +<em>pthreads</em></a>.</li> + +<li>Find and implement a reasonable way to make the Hurd servers use <a +href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5490"><em>syslog</em></a>.</li> + +<li>Design and implement <a +href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?1619"><em>libchannel</em></a>, a library +for streams.</li> + +<li>Rewrite <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5469"><em>pfinet</em></a>, +our interface to the IPv4 world.</li> + +<li>Implement and make the Hurd properly use <a +href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5503"><em>extended +attributes</em></a>.</li> + +<li>Design / implement / enhance support for the... + + <ul> + <li><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5486"><em>Andrew File System + (AFS)</em></a>;</li> + + <li><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5497"><em>NFS client</em> and + <em>NFSd</em></a>;</li> + + <li><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5498"><em>EXT3 file + system</em></a>;</li> + + <li><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5499"><em>Logical Volume Manager + (LVM)</em></a>.</li> + + </ul> + +</ul> + +<p>Please see the page <a href="/software/soc-projects/guidelines.html">GNU +guidelines for Summer of Code projects</a> about how to make an application and +<a href="/software/soc-projects/ideas.html">Summer of Code project ideas +list</a> for a list of tasks for various GNU projects and information about +about how to submit your own ideas for tasks.</p> |