On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 04:44:17PM -0700, Jason Dagit wrote: > Currently is there any documentation available specifically for people new > to the hurd?
Unfortunately, the learning curve is very, very steep. However, there are many tasks along the road that don't require a full understanding of everything. There is very little documentation, I am sorry. Large contributions to the Hurd not only require a thorough understanding of several programming principles, but also a good idea of what the Hurd design is about (which requires a lot of knowledge about POSIX, but also other operating system design ideas). So, the best way is to take it one step at a time. In using the Hurd, you will certainly find programs that have not been ported yet. You will find small features that are lacking. You will wonder about why something was done in a certain way which you might thing could be done differently. And then you do some work, or ask some clever questions. It's a long way, but useful contributions are not at the end of that way. They are along the way, everywhere a step aside of the learning road. > Also, I've been having trouble getting the latest version from CVS of the > GNU Mach and Hurd to compile. We are in the middle of serious mayhem, sorry. Currently the problems are in glibc. I hope we will soon make progress on that matter. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
