Shawn Boyette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 02:43:21PM -0700, deFreese, Barry wrote: > > > 6. Kernel issues. GNUMach 1.x is antiquated, slow, and has issues. Very > > few (if any) are working on GNUMach 2.x (oskit-mach) and it has issues, and > > L4 isn't ready and probably won't be for quite some time. > > > 8. Direction. (And I am probably going to get blasted for this). This > > somewhat ties into number 6 also. There seems to be lacking clear direction > > from the on high of where Hurd needs to be. I realize that there are few > > developers in the upper echelon of the Hurd but I don't see a clear figure > > head. Linux had Linus as the spokesperson/figurehead. Hell even if Linus > > never contributed a line of code after kicking it off there was > > someone/something to rally around. I don't hear a voice for the Hurd. I > > realize that this is an open source project and you cannot "make" anyone do > > specific tasks. However, I believe that if there were some clear directions > > laid out for the Hurd, it may gain some developers. That is merely > > speculation on my part. Maybe the thing to do at the moment is somewhat > > freeze development to a degree. Concentrate what few resources you have on > > getting to L4 and then state some clear direction. Fix ext2fs next, work on > > X, etc. etc. > > This is exactly the conclusion I reached a few days ago when I read > about L4 through Debian Weekly News. I keep wanting to play with the > HURD, but it keeps on not existing. This is almost farsical, > announcing a switch to a new kernel architecture (which, I might add, > is already deprecated by its developers -- Pistachio is the current > branch of L4Ka, not Hazelnut) before the previous new kernel > architecture (OSKit) migration is even completed.
L4-Hurd will run on Pistachio. I think the person who wrote the article (or whatever it was) made a mistake. > Is this a project to produce a kernel for a GNU OS, or is it some sort > of never-ending, ivory tower, trans-academic wankfest for kernel > geeks? Can you imagine where GNU would be if gcc and emacs had been > produced this way? I don't agree with the image you create. The Hurd is not an ivory tower. -- Marco
