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[[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -> This month you can get a lot of insight into the Hurd very easily by watching -> the presentations from Neal Walfield and Michael Bank on Hurd -> at the GHM (GNU Hackers' Meeting) in denhaag: [“It’s About Freedom”](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2010/denhaag/) -> ([video](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2010/GNU-Hurd_-_Its_About_Freedom,_Or_Why_you_should_care.ogv)) -> and Debian GNU/Hurd at the DebConf10: -> [“Past. Present. And Future?”](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/595.en.html) -> ([slides](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/attachments/159_debian-hurd.pdf), -> [video](http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2010/debconf10/high/1117_Debian_GNUHurd.ogv)), -> including a very nice nod towards the main forces who are presently -> pushing the Hurd forward *(→ further -> [[media_appearances]] of the Hurd).* +> Neal Walfield and Michael Bank have been doing presentations related to the +> GNU Hurd: from the GNU Hackers Meeting in the Hague you can watch the +> {{$community/meetings/ghm2010#walfield_hurd}} where he details why we're +> still interested in working on the GNU Hurd, and there is another +> {{$community/meetings/debconf10#banck_hurd}} from DebConf10, including a very +> nice nod towards the main actors who are currently pushing the Hurd forward. -> Also Jeremie Koenig (among other things) -> [rewrote procfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00165.html) -> for the [[debian installer Summer of Code project|user/jkoenig]]: -> *“I have successfully tested it with most of the Linux procps utilities, -> as well as busybox and htop. It seems to be stable, not too slow, and -> it stays under 1.5M in resident size.”* -> To get and test it: +> Jérémie Koenig wrapped up his Google Summer of Code project ([[Debian +> Installer|jkoenig]]) by posting his [*Hurd patches for +> installer/build*](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/08/threads.html#00016) +> as well as the [*patches used for hurd +> 20100802-1~jk7*](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2010/08/threads.html#00022) +> to the [[mailing_lists/debian-hurd]] mailing list. Most of them have been +> handled in the mean time, and we're still waiting for *you* to test his work +> by following his easy [four-step +> instructions](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer/README.txt). -> > git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git -> > cd hurd -> > git remote add jk git://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd.git -> > git fetch jk -> > git checkout jk/procfs *# Add "-b procfs" to create a local branch.* -> > make procfs -> > settrans -ag /proc procfs/procfs --compatible -> > *# you now have your new procfs* +> However, even though that [[this year's GSoC|community/gsoc]] has come +> to an end, he didn't stop working: among other things, he has rewritten +> [[hurd/translator/procfs]] and [published his +> version](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00165.html) +> just before the end of the month: +> +> > I have successfully tested it with most of the Linux procps utilities, +> > as well as busybox and htop. It seems to be stable, not too slow, and +> > it stays under 1.5M in resident size. +> +> Testing it is as simple as this: +> +> $ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/hurd/procfs.git +> $ cd procfs/ +> $ git checkout jkoenig/master +> $ make +> $ settrans -ca proc procfs --compatible +> $ ls -l proc/ -<!--note: this shows off the ease with which you can test deeper changes in the Hurd, so I think it warrants the space it gets.--> +> Thomas Schwinge [added some more +> information](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00066.html) +> to the web pages, notably a bunch of [[open_issues]] reports, to have them +> registered in a generic place, and to facilitate coordination. If you're +> looking for a Hurd-related project to work on, go looking +> [[there|open_issues]]! He also converted and merged some of the [hurdextras +> CVS repositories](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/) into the [hurd Git +> repositories](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd) and our +> [incubator](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/refs/). All +> of this should make it easier for new contributors to join in. -> Thomas Schwinge -> [added more information](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00066.html) -> into the wiki, notably open issues, to facilitate coordination, and started converting -> [hurdextras cvs repositories ](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/) into the -> [hurd git repos](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd) and the -> [incubator repository](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/). -> All of these should make it easier for new contributors to join in, and -> thanks to distributed version control, you can start hacking at once. +> The [[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]] guys have some news to share, too: +> +> * They reported on their [current status](http://www.archhurd.org/news/17), +> as well as they [released a new LiveCD +> image](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/arch-hurd-livecd-i686-core-2010-08-25iso), +> and added a [Planet Arch Hurd](http://planet.archhurd.org/) which +> aggregates the different Arch Hurd Blogs. +> +> * The team packaged everything you need for a +> [HAMP](http://www.archhurd.org/news/18/) system: Hurd, Apache, MySQL and +> PHP. +> +> * Their Diego Nieto Cid sent a patch series to [*bring console-driver-xkb +> up to +> date*](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/threads.html#00012). +> This is a add-on to allow using X keymaps to configure the [[Hurd +> console|hurd/console]] for non-US keyboard layouts. -> Additionally the Arch Hurd team -> [released a new LiveCD](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/arch-hurd-livecd-i686-core-2010-08-25iso) -> ([changes](http://www.archhurd.org/news/17)) -> which is a lot more stable that the previous one -> (including packages for a more stable X, now at Xserver 1.9), added a -> [Planet Arch Hurd](http://planet.archhurd.org/) -> which aggregates the Arch Hurd Blogs and packaged everything you need for a -> [HAMP](http://www.archhurd.org/news/18/) system: -> Hurd, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Sidenote: you can now -> [flattr](http://flattr.com/thing/44395/Arch-Hurd) -> Arch Hurd, if you want to support the project. -> Also for -> [Arch Hurd](http://archhurd.org), -> Diego Nieto Cid brought the console-driver-xkb -> [up to date](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00012.html). - -> Finally we had a short review of what the current Hurd contributors -> [still need](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00029.html) -> ([[summary|community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need]]) -> to use the Hurd for most of their day-to-day tasks. +> Finally, amongst other bug fixing and other development work by the usual +> suspects, we had a short review of what the current Hurd contributors [[still +> need|community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need]] to use a GNU/Hurd system for +> most of their day-to-day tasks. This may help to prioritize the development +> efforts. """]] - |