Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > Sure they are. Hurd servers may have signficant advantages over Linux > modules, but they have the same broad aim. The latter was even partially > inspired by the former, aiui.
This is to misunderstand the goal of Hurd translators. It is true that Linux modules solve many of the same problems that Hurd translators try to solve, but the Hurd is aimed at a far bigger target: making individual unprivileged users have a certain kind of control, and Linux modules don't really help for that. However, this is not about Hurd v. Linux--that's a pointless war that I'm not interested in. (And, AFAICT, you aren't either.) I haven't heard that Linux modules were ever inspired by the Hurd, but that's interesting....I'd be interested in reading more if there's something clear in writing about that. > Anyway, this is all pretty irrelevant. If policy's not meant to be a > stick, then people shouldn't be trying to change however many years of > existing practice in the Hurd just for fun. And, vice versa. Some Hurd developers seem to think this is their grand opportunity to change everything they don't like about Unix or Linux. (Actually, I'm involved with a different project along *just* those lines--changing everything I don't like about Unix or Linux--and that's totally irrelevant to Debian.) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]