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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 <a +href="/software/hurd/help.html#TOCmail">bug-hurd mailing list</a> or the <a +href="/software/hurd/help.html#TOCirc">#hurd IRC channel</a>.</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> + +</dd> + + +<DT>02 March 2006</DT> <DD> Added a Slovak translation of <A +HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.html"><STRONG>What's New</STRONG></A> by Peter +Kotrcka. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>08 February 2006</DT> +<DD> +Added a Turkish translation +of <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-paper.html"><STRONG>Towards a New Strategy of +OS Design</STRONG></A> by Oktay Poçan. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>02 October 2005</DT> +<DD> +Added Polish translations +of <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.html"><STRONG>What's +New</STRONG></A>, +<A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd.html"><STRONG>GNU Hurd</STRONG></A>, +<A HREF="/software/hurd/gnumach.html"><STRONG>GNU Mach</STRONG></A>, and +<A HREF="/software/hurd/mig.html"><STRONG>GNU MIG</STRONG></A> by Andrzej Zaborowski. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>20 September 2005</DT> +<DD> +Material from the Operating System topic during +the <A HREF="http://libresoftwaremeeting.org/">Libre Software +Meeting</A> which took place this summer +is <A +HREF="http://medias.2005.libresoftwaremeeting.org/topics/os/">available +online</A>. Included are slides and recordings of talks by Marcus +Brinkmann and Neal Walfield about the Hurd/L4 port. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>22 August 2005</DT> +<DD> +Added Esperanto translations of too many pages to list by Ludovic +Courtès. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>29 July 2005</DT> +<DD> +Added a Italian translation +of <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd.html"><STRONG>GNU +Hurd</STRONG></A> by Carlo Palma. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>26 July 2005</DT> +<DD> +Added Dutch translations +of <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsnew.html"><STRONG>What's +New</STRONG></A> and <A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd.html"><STRONG> +GNU Hurd</STRONG></A> by Roan Embrechts. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>28 January 2005</DT> +<DD> +Marcus Brinkmann added +<A HREF="/software/hurd/hurd-l4.html">a small web page</A> describing +the ongoing developments on the Hurd-to-L4 port. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>21 August 2003</Dt> +<DD> +Added a link to Patrick Strasser's <A +HREF="http://www.htu.tugraz.at/~past/hurd/global/">the Hurd Source +Code Cross Reference</A> in all the "Source code" sections. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>16 July 2003</DT> +<DD> +GNU/LinuxTag 2003 is now over and since there was a talk given about +the Hurd, a demo GNU/Hurd machine running and the sale of Hurd +t-shirts, Wolfgang Jährling decided to write a <A +HREF="http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2003-07/msg00029.html">short +summary</A> of what happened there. Many thanks to Wolfgang +Jährling, Volker Dormeyer and Michael Banck! +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>2 July 2003</DT> +<DD> +The tarball for Debian GNU/Hurd that Marcus Brinkmann made over the +years has been discontinued in favour of Jeff Bailey's +<A HREF="http://packages.debian.org/crosshurd">crosshurd</A> package. +To install Debian GNU/Hurd from now on, this package should be used. +Another Debian system is required to be installed on the same machine. +The GNU/Hurd installation guide has not been updated yet. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>14 February 2003</DT> +<DD> +The <A HREF="/software/hurd/docs.html#UsersGuide">GNU/Hurd User's Guide</A> +is now accessible through the <A HREF="/software/hurd/docs.html">Documentation +</A> section of the Hurd web pages. +<P> +</DD> + +<DT>18 January 2003</DT> +<DD> +Gaël Le Mignot, president of HurdFr, +<A HREF="http://news.hurdfr.org/gen.php3/2002/11/05/44,0,1,0,0.html"> +presented the GNU Hurd on 22 November</A> +2002 at EpX in Paris. +<A HREF="http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/pres-en/">English slides</A> and +<A HREF="http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/pres-fr/">French slides</A> of the +talk are also available. +<P> +</DD> + +<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 +files. All relevant filesystem and I/O interfaces have been modified +to use 64 bit even on 32 bit systems. + +In light of the small and patient user base, we decided to drop +backwards compatibility and replace the interfaces instead extending +them. This means that the binaries of the Hurd, the C library, and +some other programs need to be replaced manually, all at the same +time, followed by a reboot. + +A <A +HREF="http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/extra-files/hurd-upgrade.txt">detailed +step-by-step procedure how to upgrade</A> Debian GNU/Hurd is available +on the Debian web site. + +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 +at the <A HREF="http://lsm.abul.org/">Libre Software Meeting</A> in +Bordeaux on July 9-13. Neal Walfield, who is working on porting the +Hurd to the <A HREF="http://www.l4ka.org/">L4</A> microkernel, will give +a presentation about L4, the people from +<A HREF=" http://www.hurdfr.org/">HurdFr</A> will give an +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 +the Mach kernel, featuring advanced boot script support, support for +large disks (>= 10GB) and an improved console. +<P> +This distribution is only for x86 PC machines. +Volunteers interested in ports to other architectures are eagerly sought. +<P> +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 +Binary Interface (ABI) to the libio-based GLibC ABI has been +completed. The Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution has resumed +building packages again, and everything should be back to normal. +Note that we have also switched to <A +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 +a Debian GNU/Hurd <A +HREF="http://www.luug-hn.org/vortraege.html">installation party</A> at +25 May 2002. In addition to that, Wolfgang Jährling will give a talk +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 +Library (glibc) to a libio-based one. This is the result of about +five months of work we put into getting the system ready and, of +course, the work that the glibc developers did to make glibc what it +is. +<P> +This change will have various advantages, for example libio has been +tested more extensively, as it is also used by most GNU/Linux systems +for some time now. However, it also means a change in the Application +Binary Interface (ABI) of glibc, thus you will need to reinstall an +existing Debian GNU/Hurd system. Upgrading has not been tested at +all, so better do not expect it to work. Also note that you will need +to get some of the Debian packages from <A +HREF="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-libio/">alpha.gnu.org</A>. +Please read the recent mailing list archives for details. +<P> +<B>Important Note:</B> As another temporary complication, the current +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 +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 +Mach 3.0 interface generator `MIG'. It may be found in the file +<SAMP><A HREF="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/mig-1.3.tar.gz">http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/mig-1.3.tar.gz</A></SAMP> (about 145 KB compressed). +<P> +Diffs from version 1.2 are in <SAMP><A HREF="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/mig-1.2-1.3.diff.gz">http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mig/mig-1.2-1.3.diff.gz</A></SAMP> +(about 6 KB compressed, 15 KB uncompressed). Relative to version 1.2, +version 1.3 contains only some minor fixes. +<P> +You need this tool to compile the GNU Mach and Hurd distributions, and +to compile GNU libc for the Hurd. +<P> +Bug reports relating to this distribution should be sent to +<A HREF="mailto:bug-hurd@gnu.org">bug-hurd@gnu.org</A>. Requests for assistance should be made on +<A HREF="mailto:help-hurd@gnu.org">help-hurd@gnu.org</A>. +<P> +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 +HREF="http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/hurd-devel-readers"> +Hurd-devel-readers</A>. It is the read-only version of Hurd-devel. +<P> +Hurd-devel is a mailing list for detailed discussions +of design and implementation issues in the GNU Hurd; it is an internal +low-volume list restricted to the core developers of the Hurd. While +the <A HREF="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/hurd-devel/">web-based +archive of Hurd-devel</A> has always been public, the new mailing list +Hurd-devel-readers provides a convenient way to follow +the discussion of the Hurd experts. +<P> +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 +Computer Science Club will be hosting a talk on the Hurd and the +Debian GNU/Hurd operating system. There will also be a gpg keysigning +and installfest for GNU/Hurd following the talk. All are welcome, and +gpg keys are not required. +<P> +Date: 26 Jan 2002 +<P> +Time: 1400 (2pm EST) +<P> +Place: University of Waterloo, Math and Computers building, room 3001 +(comfy lounge). +<P> +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 +<A HREF="http://www.pl-berichte.de/berichte/brinkmann.html">interview +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> +</TABLE> + +<HR> + +[ +<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical --> +<!-- PLEASE UPDATE THE LIST AT THE BOTTOM (OR TOP) OF THE PAGE TOO! --> + <A HREF="/software/hurd/whatsold.html">English</A> +] + +<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> |