From 6eaff12d6ee63315be57352ad4bf5fd0ab45069f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:01:24 +0100 Subject: history: Add more release announcements. --- history.mdwn | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/history.mdwn b/history.mdwn index 9ae1efd0..7cf5cd6e 100644 --- a/history.mdwn +++ b/history.mdwn @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag stable_URL]] +[[!toc]] + Richard Stallman (RMS) started GNU in 1983, as a project to create a complete free operating system. In the text of the [GNU Manifesto](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html), he @@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ Linux|hurd-and-linux]], where he mentions that the FSF started developing the Hurd in 1990. As of [Gnusletter, Nov. 1991], the Hurd (running on Mach) is GNU's official kernel. ---- # Announcements @@ -64,42 +65,62 @@ These are all the announcements made over the years. Most of them were either sent to the gnu.announce news group or Hurd interest mailing lists. - * [[GNU Hurd 0.5, GNU Mach 1.4, GNU MIG 1.4 released|news/2013-09-27]] - * [[hurd-flash15]] -- Release 0.2 announcement (complete GNU system) - * [[hurd-flash14]] -- Release 0.2 announcement (Hurd) - * [[hurd-flash13]] -- Test release announcement (Aug 96) - * [[hurd-flash12]] -- Test release status (Jul 96) + * [[hurd-announce]] -- GNU Hurd announcement, May 91 + * [[hurd-announce2]] -- GNU Hurd announcement, Nov 93 + * [[hurd-flash]] -- News flash, Apr 94 -- it boots! + * [[hurd-flash2]] -- News flash, May 94 + * [[hurd-flash3]] -- News flash, Jul 94 -- emacs runs! + * [[hurd-flash4]] -- News flash, Aug 94 + * [[hurd-flash5]] -- News flash, Sep 94 -- gcc runs! + * [[hurd-flash6]] -- News flash, Nov 94 + * [[hurd-flash7]] -- New Snapshot, Apr 95 + * [[hurd-flash8]] -- New Snapshot, Jul 95 -- ext2fs support + * [[hurd-flash9]] -- News Flash, Nov 95 -- ftp works! + * [[hurd-flash10]] -- New Snapshot, Apr 96 -- NFS and lots else works! * [[hurd-flash11]] -- Binary image available, Apr 96 This and [NetBSD](http://www.netbsd.org/) boot flopies should be enough to get a working GNU/Hurd system! - * [[hurd-flash10]] -- New Snapshot, Apr 96 -- NFS and lots else works! - * [[hurd-flash9]] -- News Flash, Nov 95 -- ftp works! - * [[hurd-flash8]] -- New Snapshot, Jul 95 -- ext2fs support - * [[hurd-flash7]] -- New Snapshot, Apr 95 - * [[hurd-flash6]] -- News flash, Nov 94 - * [[hurd-flash5]] -- News flash, Sep 94 -- gcc runs! - * [[hurd-flash4]] -- News flash, Aug 94 - * [[hurd-flash3]] -- News flash, Jul 94 -- emacs runs! - * [[hurd-flash2]] -- News flash, May 94 - * [[hurd-flash]] -- News flash, Apr 94 -- it boots! - * [[hurd-announce2]] -- GNU Hurd announcement, Nov 93 - * [[hurd-announce]] -- GNU Hurd announcement, May 91 - ---- - - * [History - 1997-2003](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2005-10/msg00718.html) - -- personal view of Marcus Brinkmann about Hurd development in 1997-2003. - ---- - - * [[Port_to_another_microkernel]] + * [[hurd-flash12]] -- Test release status (Jul 96) + * [[hurd-flash13]] -- Test release announcement (Aug 96) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU Hurd 0.1" + "199609070249.WAA24297@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu"]] (1996-09-06) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU Mach 1.0" + "199704142043.QAA01894@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu"]] (1997-04-14) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU Mach 1.1" + "199705091753.NAA15557@sugar-bombs.gnu.ai.mit.edu"]] (1997-05-09) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU Mach 1.1.1" + "199705121633.MAA26409@sugar-bombs.gnu.ai.mit.edu"]] (1997-05-12) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU Mach 1.1.2" + "199706102159.RAA13943@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu"]] (1997-06-10?) + * [[hurd-flash14]] -- Release 0.2 announcement (Hurd) + * [[hurd-flash15]] -- Release 0.2 announcement (complete GNU system) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU 0.2" + "199706162021.QAA18370@sugar-bombs.gnu.ai.mit.edu"]] (1997-06-16) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU MIG 1.0.1" + "199812040849.DAA07660@baalperazim.frob.com"]] (1998-12-04) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU Mach 1.2" + "199906211918.PAA26822@x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu"]] (1999-06-21) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU MIG 1.1" "199906231741.NAA46739@pusey.mit.edu"]] + (1999-06-23) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU MIG 1.2" "20010622215446.I6130@212.23.136.22"]] + (2001-06-22) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU MIG 1.3" + "20020308220603.A90E61B9C4@perdition.linnaean.org"]] (2002-03-08) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU Mach 1.3" + "20020527203155.88DBE1BA15@perdition.linnaean.org"]] (2002-05-27) + * [[!message-id desc="GNU MIG 1.3.1" + "20020830194413.GA6819@outpost.dnsalias.org"]] (2002-08-30) + * [[GNU Hurd 0.5, GNU Mach 1.4, GNU MIG 1.4 released|news/2013-09-27]] + (2013-09-27) ---- # An Incomplete GNU Hurd Timeline * 1997: GNU Hurd 0.2. + * First attempts to [[port_to_another_microkernel]] + * Personal view of Marcus Brinkmann about [[!message-id desc="Hurd + development in 1998-2003" + "87mzkvx7u8.wl%marcus.brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de"]] * 2002: GNU MIG 1.3, libio-based glibc, GNU Mach 1.3, Hurd L4 starts, work on the transition from cthreads to pthreads starts, Hurd installation party in Heidelberg, Toronto Hurd User Group meeting, Presentation at EpX in Paris -- cgit v1.2.3