From 8fac6986eadf6db5d155030cc67a904f22cadf29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 11:59:28 +0200 Subject: Updates after the 2013-09-27 releases. --- faq/how_many_developers.mdwn | 7 +++++++ faq/old_faq.txt | 10 ++++------ faq/release.mdwn | 13 +++++++------ 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'faq') diff --git a/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn index da457d96..9e079852 100644 --- a/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn +++ b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn @@ -67,3 +67,10 @@ We're an open project: any interested party (*you*!) are very welcome to start Likewise, for reaching out to new developers, we're participating in [[Google's Summer of Code program|community/gsoc]]. + +As *el_presidente* commented on +: + +> Developers, developers, developers, developers. +> +> They are the people that matter at this point in time. diff --git a/faq/old_faq.txt b/faq/old_faq.txt index 98c605eb..e370277e 100644 --- a/faq/old_faq.txt +++ b/faq/old_faq.txt @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ users when they are talking about, installing, using, compiling and developing the GNU Hurd as well as its binary distribution Debian GNU/Hurd. Be sure to read this before asking for help. -The GNU Hurd is under active development and a stable version has not -yet been released. Be aware that: there is a lot of work yet to be +The GNU Hurd is under active development. +Be aware that there is a lot of work yet to be completed; you will find bugs; your system will crash. That said, there is a lot of room for contributions at all levels: development of the Hurd and Mach proper, porting applications, writing documentation and, @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ at: ?? What is OSKit-Mach? -{NHW,FH} There are two versions of GNU Mac that are in use: GNU Mach +{NHW,FH} There have once been two versions of GNU Mach developed: GNU Mach 1.x and GNU Mach 2.x, formerly known as OSKit-Mach. The former uses the drivers from Linux 2.0.x while the latter uses the University of Utah's OSKit library for drivers. You can find out more about the @@ -414,9 +414,7 @@ OSKit library at: http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit -GNU Mach 2.x is usable, but some things are still missing or not -working, like the serial port and scsi drivers. This is why GNU Mach -2.0 hasn't released yet and the two versions coexist. +The project didn't work out too well, so development has again been halted. ?? Where is the documentation? diff --git a/faq/release.mdwn b/faq/release.mdwn index 9e5cc348..6ec26925 100644 --- a/faq/release.mdwn +++ b/faq/release.mdwn @@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="When will the Hurd be released?"]] -0.5 was released on 2013 September 27th. +0.5 has been [[released on 2013-09-27|news/2013-09-27]]. Read about the +[[Hurd's status|hurd/status]]. -*OK, but when will it be finished?* +> OK, but when will it be finished? -Well, is Linux considered to be really "finished"? Hurd 0.5 does work, of course -it can become better, thanks for joining us to achieve that :) - -You can also read about the Hurd's [[hurd/status]]. +Well, is the Linux kernel considered to be really "finished"? Hurd 0.5 does +work, but of course it can still become better -- beginning to +[[contribute|contributing]] and [[joining us|how_many_developers]] is the best +way for you to help achieve that. :-) -- cgit v1.2.3