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diff --git a/whatsold.html b/whatsold.html index 1b7d1d9f..ddad85ac 100644 --- a/whatsold.html +++ b/whatsold.html @@ -48,6 +48,68 @@ <H3>What's old?</H3> <P> <DL> +<DT>18 November 2002</DT> +<DD> +For one month now, the pthread implementation by Neal Walfield is part +of the Hurd CVS source tree, and has been used to compile more +software for the Debian GNU/Hurd archive. The lack of a POSIX +compatible thread library (the Hurd was based on the cthread +implementation that originally accompanied Mach) was a show stopper, +and we are happy about the possibility to not only compile more +applications, but also to start the work on migrating the Hurd source +code to pthreads. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>19 October 2002</DT> +<DD> +The Toronto Hurd Users Group meets again: The <A +HREF="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/"> University of Waterloo</A> <A +HREF="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">Computer Science Club</A> will +be hosting talks on the GNU Hurd on October 26 by Marcus Brinkmann and +Neal Walfield. There will also be a <A +HREF="http://www.gnupg.org/">GnuPG</A> keysigning before Marcus's +talk. Please email <A HREF="mailto:rmgolbeck@uwaterloo.ca">Ryan +Golbeck</A> your <A HREF="http://www.gnupg.org/">GnuPG</A> key so he +can get everyone setup.</P> + +<P>Marcus will talk about <A +HREF="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC2066-2002-10-26-3%3A00PM.html">the +Hurd interfaces</A>. Neal will talk about about +<A HREF="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC2066-2002-10-26-4%3A30PM.html"> +A GNU Approach to Virtual Memory Management in a Multiserver Operating +System +</A></P> + +<P>Date: 26 Oct 2002</P> +<P>Time: 1330 (1:30pm EST) and 1500 (3:00pm EST)</P> +<P>Place: University of Waterloo, Math and Computers building, room MC +2066</P> + +<P>More information can be found at <A +HREF="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/"> UW CS Club website</A> and +at <A HREF="mailto:thug@gnu.org">thug@gnu.org</A> +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>03 October 2002</DT> +<DD>Marcus Brinkmann speaks about the GNU Hurd at "Reflections | +Projections 2002", the <A +HREF="http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/">National Student ACM +Conference</A> at the University of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. The +conference is held on October 18-20. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>03 October 2002</DT> +<DD>A new article about <A HREF="/software/hurd/auth.html">the authentication +server</A> has been added to the web pages. It resembles the talk +about the same topic which was given at the Libre Software Meeting, +therefore the target audience is mostly programmers which want to learn +about the details of authentication in the Hurd. +<P> +</DD> + <DT>16 August 2002</DT> <DD>The Hurd sources have stabilized again after a short period in which some of the interfaces were changed to prepare support of long @@ -69,12 +131,14 @@ People not using a binary distribution need to do a full manual bootstrap. It is recommended to treat this as a cross-compilation case. <P> +</DD> <DT>31 July 2002</DT> <DD>A new page has been added to the site, listing <A HREF="related-projects.html">related projects</A>. You can find it at the bottom of the menu. <P> +</DD> <DT>22 June 2002</DT> <DD>Various developers of the Hurd and people interested in it will meet @@ -87,6 +151,7 @@ introduction to the Hurd, and another presentation about the Hurd will be given by Marcus Brinkmann. There might be additional talks about the Hurd and related topics. </P> +</DD> <DT>28 May 2002</DT> <DD>We are pleased to announce version 1.3 of the GNU distribution of @@ -99,6 +164,7 @@ Volunteers interested in ports to other architectures are eagerly sought. More <A HREF="gnumach-download.html#release">information about GNU Mach 1.3</A> is available on the GNU Mach web page. </P> +</DD> <DT>24 May 2002</DT> <DD>Finally, the transition from the stdio-based GLibC Application @@ -110,6 +176,7 @@ HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.1/">GCC 3.1</A> as our default compiler. Thanks to everyone who helped in making all this possible, and our apologize for any inconvenience we have caused you. <P> +</DD> <DT>18 May 2002</DT> <DD>The "Linux and Unix User Group Heilbronn" (in Germany) is organizing @@ -120,6 +187,7 @@ about usage of GNU/Hurd, common problems found in porting programs to GNU/Hurd and programming of extensions for the Hurd. It is a public event, so everyone is free to show up and participate. <P> +</DD> <DT>05 May 2002</DT> <DD>We are currently finishing the transition from a stdio-based GNU C @@ -143,6 +211,7 @@ installation tarball is available at <A HREF="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-staging/">a different place</A> than usual. <P> +</DD> <DT>23 March 2002</DT> <DD>Added <A HREF="/software/hurd/hacking-guide/hhg.html">The Hurd @@ -150,6 +219,7 @@ Hacking Guide</A> to the documentation section. Thanks to Wolfgang Jährling for providing this introduction into GNU/Hurd and Mach programming! <P> +</DD> <DT>08 March 2002</DT> <DD>We are pleased to announce version 1.3 of the GNU distribution of the @@ -171,6 +241,7 @@ The md5sum checksum for this distibution is: <P> 45c2b7456727d81dbd75f7152f8136fd mig-1.3.tar.gz <P> +</DD> <DT>03 March 2002</DT> <DD>There is a new mailing list called <A @@ -189,12 +260,15 @@ If you are a recipient of Hurd-devel-readers and want to follow up on the discussion, please reply to the Bug-hurd mailing list. <P> +</DD> + <DT>18 February 2002</DT> <DD>Pro-Linux has published a <A HREF="http://www.pl-berichte.de/berichte/hurd/hurd-status/">GNU/Hurd status report</A> (in German). They will infrequently publish updates in the future. <P> +</DD> <DT>19 January 2002</DT> <DD>The Toronto Hurd User Group meets: The University of Waterloo @@ -213,11 +287,13 @@ Place: University of Waterloo, Math and Computers building, room 3001 More information about this event at <A HREF="mailto:thug@gnu.org"><EM>thug@gnu.org</EM></A> <P> +</DD> <DT>19 January 2002</DT> <DD>Added a <A HREF="/software/hurd/changelogs.html">subsection about the ChangeLogs</A>. <P> +</DD> <DT>13 January 2002</DT> <DD>An @@ -226,9 +302,12 @@ with Marcus Brinkmann</A> was published by <A HREF="http://pro-linux.de/">Pro-Linux</A> (the interview is in German). <P> +</DD> <DT>11 January 2002</DT> <DD>Added a section called `What's new'. +<P> +</DD> </DL> </TD> </TR> @@ -261,8 +340,8 @@ Please send comments on these web pages to send other questions to <A HREF="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><EM>gnu@gnu.org</EM></A>. <P> -Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc., -59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA +Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 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. |