news 2010-07

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Hi, 

I prepared the news for 2010-07. Please check if something is missing
or doesn’t fit. 

A month of the Hurd: *debian installer*, *compatibility*,
*make dist* and *newssites*. 

> This month Jérémie Koenig got the 
>
[Debian installer (d-i) for the
Hurd](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer/) into
> basic working state
with a simple 
> [4 step installation
guide](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer/README.txt)
>  ([status
mail](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-07/msg00158.html)). 
>
This gets us a big step towards easy installation and automated image
creation. 
> You can track Jérémie’s progress on his
[[user_page|user/jkoenig]]. 
> 
> Also Emilio Pozuelo Monfort worked on
improving the compatibility with 
> third party programs via 
> [changes to
exec](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-07/msg00141.html)
>
and added support to 
> [send file descriptors over Unix
sockets](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-07/msg00145.html).

> Both will help getting more packages to compile and run in the Hurd. 

>
Additionally Ludovic Courtès 
> [fixed make
dist](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-07/msg00098.html) 
>
in console-client which allows easy tarball creation for uploading to
ftp.gnu.org.

> And dasht provided 
> [some background on the Hurd and GNU
in general from a FSF hacker](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1474941)

> while LWN posted a
> [well researched article on the status of the
Hurd](http://lwn.net/Articles/395150/). 

Best wishes, 
Arne
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