Hi, On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 03:26:54PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > Daniel Martin wrote: > >I was unable to access that site, perhaps the server is down. The latest > >snapshots are from January 2006. Alfred has stated that there is > >currently little point in creating a new snapshot. > > Is GNU/Hurd now an abandoned project? I always hoped that it would some > day see some kind of a version 1.0 come to light. Linux is ok though, > but it seems that it's going to stay on GPLv2 for at least a while.
OK, there might be some terminology issues here, not sure: - GNU Hurd is the GNU project's replacement for the traditional Unix kernel, aimed at extensibility, and giving as much freedom to its Users as possible. It is closely related to (currently) GNU Mach (the underlying microkernel) and GNU libc (providing the GNU Hurd's POSIX personality for interoperation with legacy (and GNU) software) - GNU/Hurd (or just GNU) is the GNU project's operating system/distribution. - Debian GNU/Hurd is the Debian project's version of the GNU operating system (or a GNU/Hurd distribution, if you like). There have been 0.1 and 0.2 releases of both the GNU Hurd and GNU in the mid 90s, no futher releases have been made except for a couple of development snapshots of the GNU system done by ams around end-2005 beginning of 2006. While the GNU system development seems to have slowed down somewhat over the last year (and was totally dormant between mid-90s and mid-00s), development on the GNU Hurd (and GNU Mach and of course GNU libc) is being continued. That development is independent of the GNU system though, and is being discussed/coordinated at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and not on this list. Debian GNU/Hurd is also actively developped and discussed/coordinated at [EMAIL PROTECTED] No proper release of Debian GNU/Hurd exists until today, but more or less stable snapshots together with an installer are made available as ISO images from time to time. To get back to your question; neither GNU Hurd nor GNU/Hurd are abandoned projects, but the latter is currently less visibly developped (I am no insider, so cannot comment on any private hacking going on behind the curtains). cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ gnu-system-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss
