GNU Hurd
 
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Source Code
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Table of Contents

• Contributing
• Machinery: getting access to a system
• Tasks

Contributing

If you want to contribute to the Hurd, you should first install and use it for a while, to become familiar with its features and design. To join the development team, subscribe to the Bug-Hurd <bug-hurd@gnu.org> mailing list, which is also the place where you can announce your intentions, make your proposals and send in your patches. (You can also send mail there without being subscribed to the list.)

There is also the Hurd-devel-readers mailing list. It is the read-only version of Hurd-devel, an internal low-volume list restricted to the core developers of the Hurd. If you want to follow up on the discussion of the Hurd experts, please reply to the Bug-hurd mailing list. You can also follow the Hurd-devel mailing list by browsing the web-based archive of Hurd-devel.

Machinery: getting access to a system

There are essentially two possibilities: either you install the GNU/Hurd on a system (see here) or if you don't have a system to install it on, you can be provided with a shell account. See this wiki page for details.

Tasks

Developing an operating system is a huge job, with a lot of different things to do. To be able to keep track of issues, we use a

• bug tracker to register and comment on bugs, a
• task tracker for tasks people could work on and a
• patch tracker where people can install their patches.