MotH 2011-06

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Hi,

I just finished turning the MotH from a list of keywords into a text. 

It would be nice if you could have a look! 

→ http://www.bddebian.com:8888/~hurd-web/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next/


A month of the Hurd: *graphical installer*, *GSoC*, and *Debian inclusion plan*.
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The last two months 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 
cdimages](http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/).

Also Jeremie Koenig started working on his 
[[Google_Summer_of_Code_project|user/jkoenig/java]]: bringing not only Java to 
the Hurd but also adding missing parts in Hurd pthreads. As first treat he 
[added signal 
improvements](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00182.html).
Meanwhile Tanguy LE CARROUR offered to sponsor some Hurd work, and followed up 
on his offer by adding Hurd bounties on FOSS factory - 
[[claim_them_if_you_can|news/2011-05-02-foss_factory]]! It’s no full GSoC, but 
a step in the right direction.

On the technical side, Samuel Thibault [fixed a 
port-leak](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-05/msg00025.html) in 
file_reparent which got visible in the debian builder.

And on the organizational side, the Hurd now has a clear path to full inclusion 
in Debian: Since we now have a graphical installer, the next goal is to get as 
many packages ported as freekbsd (85%) for Wheezy, sometime between mid 2012 
and beginning of 2013. We currently are at about 65%, so, if you always wanted 
to contribute to the Hurd and did not know how to help most effectively: 
[[Porting|contributing#porting]] is a great way to help improving the Hurd, 
especially now!

Finally, if you think that the MotH needs some spice up or misses crucial 
information, it is now much easier to contribute to it, because from this 
version onward, it is prepared 
[[publicly_in_the_wiki|contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next]], lowering the 
barrier of entry for news-writing. Feel free to 
[[contribute|contributing/web_pages/news]].

Best wishes, 
Arne

PS: Why did I not know before, that M-y cycles the yank? Emacs is cool!