[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag stable_URL]] [[!meta date="2011-07-03 17:30 UTC"]] A quarter of the Hurd, Q2 of 2011: *Graphical Installer*, *GSoC*, and *Debian*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else=" [[!paste id=full_news]]"]] [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" [[!template id=note text="**Update**: [[*A quarter of the Hurd, Q2 of 2011, PS*|2011-q2-ps]] has been published."]] Jérémie Koenig started working on his [[Google Summer of Code project|user/jkoenig/java]]: bringing not only Java to the Hurd, but also fixing or adding missing parts in the Hurd's components along the way. For example, he already contributed [a set of signal handling improvements](http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-06/threads.html#00119). Samuel Thibault [created](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00189.html) the first Debian GNU/Hurd CD set with a graphical installer. You can dowload it at [the usual place for Debian CD images](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/). Amongst others, Samuel also [tracked down and fixed](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00025.html) a port leak in `file_reparent`. This one got visible on the Debian package builder machine. On the organizational side, there is now a real plan to release a Hurd variant of Debian with their next major release, Wheezy. Expected towards the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013, the Hurd-specific bits of that release effort's process are being tracked on <http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd>. There is still a lot of work left to be done, but -- as everyone knows -- a real goal as well as a bit of pressure might help to actually get it done. If you want to lend a helping hand in order to make this happen, [[porting packages|contributing#porting]] is a great way to get started and do something useful at the same time. Tanguy le Carrour offered to sponsor some Hurd work, and followed up on his offer by adding to the Hurd bounties that Thomas Schwinge had set up over at on FOSS Factory -- [[claim them if you can|2011-05-02-foss_factory]]! It's not (not yet?) comparable to a Google Summer of Code student's salary, but a step into the right direction. So, if you have more money than time and want the Hurd to advance, why don't you [[join Tanguy|2011-05-02-foss_factory]]? At the end of August, Hurd folks will be meeting at the [[GNU Hackers Meeting|community/meetings/ghm2011]] in Paris. Samuel Thibault will be giving a talk (*GNU/Hurd, aka. Extensibility from the Ground*), and -- amongs others -- Jérémie Koenig will be there too, ready to answer all the questions about his Java/Hurd Google Summer of Code work. """]] [[!ymlfront data=""" golem: "Sebastian Grüner (golem): [Debian 7 kommt offiziell mit Hurd als Kernel \[de\]](http://www.golem.de/1107/84947.html)" h-online: "Dj Walker-Morgan (The H Open): [Hurd Progresses - Debian GNU/Hurd by end of 2012?](http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Hurd-Progresses-Debian-GNU-Hurd-by-end-of-2012-1279253.html)" innocenthacker: "Amit Khajuria (Innocent Hacker): [Debian 7 might come in a GNU Hurd version](http://www.innocenthacker.com/2011/07/debian-7-might-come-in-gnu-hurd-version.html)" lwn: "Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier (LWN): [Signs of life from GNU Hurd](http://lwn.net/Articles/452296/)" netzwelt: "Markus Franz (netzwelt) [Debian 7.0 Wheezy: Erste Pläne für Hurd statt Linux-Kernel \[de\]](http://www.netzwelt.de/news/87551-debian-7-0-wheezy-erste-plaene-hurd-statt-linux-kernel.html)" operation-tunnelbau: "Jens Reil: [Hurd kommt zusammen mit Duke Nukem Forever. Fast. \[de\]](http://blog.operation-tunnelbau.de/archives/66-Hurd-kommt-zusammen-mit-Duke-Nukem-Forever.-Fast..html)" osnews: "Thom Holwerda (OS News): [GNU Hurd Quarterly Status Report](http://www.osnews.com/story/24942/GNU_Hurd_Quarterly_Status_Teport)" phoronix-1: "Michael Larabel (Phoronix): [A Status Update On GNU Hurd: Java, Debian, Money](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTY2Nw)" phoronix-2: "Michael Larabel (Phoronix): [Coming Up: Benchmarks Of GNU Hurd](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTY3NQ)" phoronix-3: "Michael Larabel (Phoronix): [Test Driving GNU Hurd, With Benchmarks Against Linux](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=debian_gnu_hurd)" pro-linux: "Hans-Joachim Baader (Pro Linux): [GNU Hurd will offiziell in nächste Debian-Version \[de\]](http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/17261/gnu-hurd-will-offiziell-in-naechste-debian-version.html)" reddit-1: "TheSilentNumber (reddit): [RMS may finally shout \"It's alive!\" at GNU+HURD thanks to Debian](http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/j2ztr/rms_mlayout_finally_shout_its_alive_at_gnuhurd_thanks/)" reddit-2: "mepper (reddit): [Debian now has concrete plans to bring GNU Hurd to the larger community. It is expected to be released with the release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy towards the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013](http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ipxxt/debian_now_has_concrete_plans_to_bring_gnu_hurd/)" schmehl: "Alexander \"Tolimar\" Reichle-Schmehl: [About Debian, The Hurd and Linux or in short: Yes, we will still have a Linux kernel](http://blog.schmehl.info/Debian/hurd-not-default)" slashdot: "timothy (Slashdot): [Watch Out Linux, GNU Hurd Coming](http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/14/2141229/watch-out-linux-gnu-hurd-coming)" """]]