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diff --git a/whatsnew.html b/whatsnew.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6c6a3340..00000000 --- a/whatsnew.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,232 +0,0 @@ -<H3>What's new?</H3> -<P> -<DL> -<!-- News entries start here --> - -<dt>2008-09-11</dt> - -<dd> - -<p>Please see -<a href="http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/community/gsoc/">http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/community/gsoc/</a> -for information about how our <strong>Goggle Summer of Code 2008 -participation</strong> worked out. <strong>Congratulations to both students -and mentors!</strong></p> - -</dd> - - -<dt>2008-03-19</dt> - -<dd> - -<p>The GNU Hurd project has been accepted as a mentoring organisation for -the <strong>Google Summer of Code 2008</strong></a>! If you are a student and -looking for a job during the summer, take a look at -our <a href="http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/community/gsoc/">project ideas -list</a> — here's your chance to help improving the GNU Hurd including -mentoring from our side and being paid compensation from Google's!</p> - -<p>The application deadline has -been <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/browse_thread/thread/9fa88f31aa401f70"><strong>extended</strong> -to <strong>Monday, 2008-04-07</strong></a>, so there's more time for you -students to hand in your Hurd applications.</p> - -</dd> - - -<dt>2008-02-11</dt> - -<dd> - -<p>A number of GNU Hurd developers will again (as already in the previous -years) meet at the time of the FOSDEM 2008, which will take place from -2008-02-23 to 24 in Brussels, Belgium. -<a href="http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/community/meetings/fosdem_2008/">This -wiki page</a> has some details. <a href="/software/hurd/help.html">Contact -us</a> if you are interested in meeting with us.</p> - -</dd> - - -<dt>2007-10-12</dt> - -<dd> - -<p>Stefan Siegl -added <a href="http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6/">support -for IPv6 networking</a> to the <em>pfinet</em> translator. - -</p> - -</dd> - -<dt>2007-10-01</dt> - -<dd> - -<p>This year the GNU Hurd had again been assigned one slot within -the <strong>Google Summer of Code</strong> program, which was assigned -to the task <strong>design and -implement <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?1619"><em>libchannel</em></a>, -a library for streams</strong>. Carl Fredrik Hammar has been working on this -task and -recently <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-09/msg00009.html">posted -a summary</a> about the successful work he had been doing, but also gave an -outline about how he intends to continue improving and extending it. - -</p> - -</dd> - -<dt>2007-03-14</dt> - -<dd> - -<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 these task proposals or have your own ideas on what to work, then please -don't hesitate to contact us on the <a -href="/software/hurd/help.html#mail">bug-hurd mailing list</a> or the <a -href="/software/hurd/help.html#irc">#hurd IRC channel</a>.</p> - -<ul> - -<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; create a <a -href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5470"><em>pfinet6</em></a> to interface to -the IPv6 world.</li> - -<li>Make GNU Mach use more <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5488">up to -date <em>device drivers</em></a>.</li> - -<li>Design and implement a <a -href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5485"><em>sound system</em></a>.</li> - -<li>Introduce the world of the <a -href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5486"><em>Andrew File System (AFS)</em></a> -to the Hurd.</li> - -<li>Work on enhancing our <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5497"><em>NFS -client</em> and <em>NFSd</em></a>.</li> - -<li>Implement support for <a -href="http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5499"><em>Logical Volume Management -(LVM)</em></a>.</li> - -</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> - -</dd> - - -<dt>2007-01-14</dt> - -<dd> - -<p>Neal Walfield and Marcus Brinkmann have written and submitted for -publication <a -href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-01/msg00046.html"><em>A -Critique of the GNU Hurd Multi-server Operating System</em></a> and a <a -href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2007-01/msg00007.html">position -paper <em>Improving Usability via Access Decomposition and Policy -Refinement</em></a>. Please follow the two preceding links to see the complete -announcements. The authors welcome comments and discussion which may be -directed to the <a href="mailto:bug-hurd@gnu.org"><bug-hurd@gnu.org> -mailing list</a> for the Critique and to the <a -href="mailto:l4-hurd@gnu.org"><l4-hurd@gnu.org> mailing list</a> for the -position paper. - -<p>The abstract of the Critique: <blockquote><p>The GNU Hurd's design was -motivated by a desire to rectify a number of observed shortcomings in Unix. -Foremost among these is that many policies that limit users exist simply as -remnants of the design of the system's mechanisms and their implementation. To -increase extensibility and integration, the Hurd adopts an object-based -architecture and defines interfaces, which, in particular those for the -composition of and access to name spaces, are virtualizable. - -<p>This paper is first a presentation of the Hurd's design goals and a -characterization of its architecture primarily as it represents a departure -from Unix's. We then critique the architecture and assess it in terms of the -user environment of today focusing on security. Then follows an evaluation of -Mach, the microkernel on which the Hurd is built, emphasizing the design -constraints which Mach imposes as well as a number of deficiencies its design -presents for multi-server like systems. Finally, we reflect on the properties -such a system appears to require.</blockquote> - -<p>The abstract of the position paper: <blockquote><p>Commodity operating -systems fail to meet the security, resource management and integration -expectations of users. We propose a unified solution based on a capability -framework as it supports fine grained objects, straightforward access -propagation and virtualizable interfaces and explore how to improve resource -use via access decomposition and policy refinement with minimum interposition. -We argue that only a small static number of scheduling policies are needed in -practice and advocate hierarchical policy specification and central -realization.</blockquote></dd> - - -<P> -<!-- News entries end here --> -<DT><A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsold.html">Old news entries.</A></DT> -</TD> -</TR> -</TABLE> - -<HR> - -[ -<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical --> -<!-- PLEASE UPDATE THE LIST AT THE BOTTOM (OR TOP) OF THE PAGE TOO! --> - <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.nl.html">Dutch</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.html">English</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.eo.html">Esperanto</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.de.html">German</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.he.html">Hebrew</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.pl.html">Polish</A> -| <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.es.html">Spanish</A> <!-- Español --> -] - -<HR> - -<P> -Return to <A HREF="/home.html">GNU's home page</A>. -<P> - -Please send FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to - -<A HREF="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><EM>gnu@gnu.org</EM></A>. -There are also <A HREF="/home.html#ContactInfo">other ways to -contact</A> the FSF. -<P> - -Please send comments on these web pages to - -<A HREF="mailto:web-hurd@gnu.org"><EM>web-hurd@gnu.org</EM></A>, -send other questions to -<A HREF="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><EM>gnu@gnu.org</EM></A>. -<P> -Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 -Free Software Foundation, Inc., -59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA -<P> -Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is -permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. -<P> -Updated: -<!-- timestamp start --> -$Date$ $Author$ -<!-- timestamp end --> -<HR> -</BODY> -</HTML> |