Re: GSoC 2011

[Svante Signell]

On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 01:40 +0100, olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 09:37:31AM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> 
> > Based on the successful contributions last year for GNU/Hurd,
> > especially Arch Hurd, the Debian installer and the DDE driver
> > framework, will there be a continuation this year? Under the umbrellas
> > of GNU and or Debian or else?
> 
> Yes, we will probably participate under the GNU umbrella again.
> 
> (I'm not sure we have any open Debian-related projects.)

Is the Debian installer completed and in par with the GNU/Linux one, or
are some parts still needed to be implemented, following up on Jeremies
work?

> From: Jeremie Koenig <jk@jk.fr.eu.org>
> Subject: Hurd patches for installer/build
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:20:19 +0200
>
> Hi, these are the patches I'm using to build my Hurd d-i images.
> 
> I believe the first five should be considered for inclusion:
> 
> [PATCH 1/7] Fix the generation of pkg-lists/standard-udebs
> [PATCH 2/7] Override $(genext2fs) in config/hurd.cfg
> [PATCH 3/7] Fine-tune the Hurd configuration
> [PATCH 4/7] Add /lib/ld.so and /servers/exec to Hurd initrd's.
> [PATCH 5/7] Include a BDF font on Hurd images.
> 
> The last two are clearly not suitable and I include them for your
> information only:
> 
> [PATCH 6/7] Temporary workaround: preseed file for Hurd images
> [PATCH 7/7] Work around my laziness wrt. signing the Release file for
> my repository.
> 
> Please let me know of anything I could improve!
>