On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 04:49:34PM +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > > Is there anyone who is gathering historical records of the Hurd's > > development? I would suspect that most people would be like me and delete > > material as it becomes out-dated and of no further use. As far as I am > > aware the only permanent record would be the mailing list archive. > > > > If this is not been done I would suggest that someone at a university talk > > with a historian to determine what material is needed to be kept, where > > and how it should be kept. I am not a historian and I do not have the > > contacts. > > > > When the Hurd is a major os, imagine the frustration of a historian if > > suitable records have not been preserved and they are expected to write a > > history. > > The only place I have found some history is at this page: > http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/hurd/ > It's a page about the hurd, not updated since 1996. >
Thanks, I will take a look. What I had in mind was a project by (say) a final year history student to look at how we work and identify what should be preserved for future historical research. Phil. - Philip Charles; 39a Paterson St., Dunedin, New Zealand; +64 3 4882818 Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
