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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> |