From 23d18ba671a771fa4d0c1419f658b6dde06e3667 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:24:48 +0200 Subject: news formatting. --- news/2010-08-31.mdwn | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) (limited to 'news') diff --git a/news/2010-08-31.mdwn b/news/2010-08-31.mdwn index ec28b7b7..7db74b25 100644 --- a/news/2010-08-31.mdwn +++ b/news/2010-08-31.mdwn @@ -20,37 +20,67 @@ else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -Presentations (GHM DebConf10) procfs buildsystem hurdextras ArchHurd xkb what-we-need - -Jeremie Koenig: [procfs rewrite](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00165.html): I have successfully tested it with most of the Linux procps utilities, -as well as busybox and htop. It seems to be stable, not too slow, and it -stays under 1.5M in resident size. To get and test it: - - git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git - cd hurd - git remote add jk git://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd.git - git fetch jk - git checkout jk/procfs # Add "-b procfs" to create a local branch. - make procfs - settrans -ag /proc procfs/procfs --compatible - # you now have your new procfs setup for your user +> This month you can get a lot of insight into the Hurd watching the +> presentations from Neal Walfield and Michael Bank on Hurd +> [at the GHM (GNU Hackers' Meeting) in denhaag](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2010/denhaag/) +> ([video: “It’s About Freedom”)](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2010/GNU-Hurd_-_Its_About_Freedom,_Or_Why_you_should_care.ogv)) +> and Debian GNU/Hurd +> [at the DebConf10](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/595.en.html): +> ([slides: “Past. Present. And Future?”](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/attachments/159_debian-hurd.pdf), +> [video](http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2010/debconf10/high/1117_Debian_GNUHurd.ogv)), +> including a very nice nod towards the main forces who are presently +> pushing the Hurd into the future *(further +> [[media_appearances]] of the Hurd).* + +> Also Jeremie Koenig +> [rewrote procfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00165.html) +> for the debian installer [[user/jkoenig|Summer of Code project]]: +> “I have successfully tested it with most of the Linux procps utilities, +> as well as busybox and htop. It seems to be stable, not too slow, and +> it stays under 1.5M in resident size.” +> To get and test it: + +> > git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/hurd.git +> > cd hurd +> > git remote add jk git://github.com/jeremie-koenig/hurd.git +> > git fetch jk +> > git checkout jk/procfs # Add "-b procfs" to create a local branch. +> > make procfs +> > settrans -ag /proc procfs/procfs --compatible +> > # you now have your new procfs setup for your user -Jeremie Koenig: Fix and cleanup the buildsystem: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00105.html - -Thomas Schwinge: [added more information](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00066.html) into the wiki, notably open issues, to facilitate coordination, and started converting [hurdextras cvs repositories ]() into the [hurd git repos]() and the [incubator repository](). - -Diego Nieto Cid brought the console-driver-xkb up to date for [Arch Hurd](http://archhurd.org) http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00012.html - -Also Arch Hurd [released a new LiveCD](http://www.archhurd.org/news/17) ([changes](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/arch-hurd-livecd-i686-core-2010-08-25iso)) which is a lot more stable that the previous one (including a more stable X, now at Xorg 1.9!), added a [Planet Arch Hurd](http://planet.archhurd.org/) which aggregates the Arch Hurd Blogs and packaged everything you need for a [HAMP](http://www.archhurd.org/news/18/) system: Hurd, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Besides: You can now [flattr](http://flattr.com/thing/44395/Arch-Hurd) Arch Hurd, if you want to support the project. - -Neal presented the Hurd at the [GHM (GNU Hackers' Meeting) in denhaag](http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2010/denhaag/) ([video: It’s About Freedom (Or Why you should care)](http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2010/GNU-Hurd_-_Its_About_Freedom,_Or_Why_you_should_care.ogv)). - -Also Michael Bank presented Debian GNU/Hurd [at the DebConf10](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/595.en.html): ([slides: “Past. Present. And Future?”](http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/attachments/159_debian-hurd.pdf), [recording](http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2010/debconf10/high/1117_Debian_GNUHurd.ogv)). - -(further [[media_appearances]] of the Hurd) - -Review of what the current Hurd contributors [still need](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00029.html) to use the Hurd for most of their day-to-day tasks with [summary](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00087.html). +> Thomas Schwinge +> [added more information](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00066.html) +> into the wiki, notably open issues, to facilitate coordination, and started converting +> [hurdextras cvs repositories ](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/) into the +> [hurd git repos](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd) and the +> [incubator repository](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/). +> All of these should make it easier for new contributors to join in, and +> thanks to distributed version control, you can start hacking at once. + +> And the Arch Hurd team +> [released a new LiveCD](http://www.archhurd.org/news/17) +> ([changes](http://www.barrucadu.co.uk/arch-hurd-livecd-i686-core-2010-08-25iso)) +> which is a lot more stable that the previous one +> (including a more stable X, now at Xorg 1.9!), added a +> [Planet Arch Hurd](http://planet.archhurd.org/) +> which aggregates the Arch Hurd Blogs and packaged everything you need for a +> [HAMP](http://www.archhurd.org/news/18/) system: +> Hurd, Apache, MySQL and PHP. And you can now +> [flattr](http://flattr.com/thing/44395/Arch-Hurd) +> Arch Hurd, if you want to support the project. + +> Also for +> [Arch Hurd](http://archhurd.org), +> Diego Nieto Cid brought the console-driver-xkb +> [up to date](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00012.html). + +> Finally we had a short review of what the current Hurd contributors +> [still need](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00029.html) +> ( [summary](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-08/msg00087.html)) +> to use the Hurd for most of their day-to-day tasks. """]] + -- cgit v1.2.3