Hello, I am relatively new to this community and have not yet accomplished anything worthwhile but anyway. Some thoughts expressed on this list. ->People do not want to work on the Hurd because they are not sure of its status, future, et.al They would rather wait till something is finalised. ->The Hurd has organisational problems.
Response: >From my organisational experience, leadership cannot be thrust down people's throats. It evolves through the application of theory to practical situations and constant reassessment of practice and corresponding modification of theory ie., application of praxis. In the midst of this leadership evolves. People in the GNU, GNU/Hurd community have been working on different aspects of development and are at different stages of this evolutionary process and as long as each one plays their role in this ecosystem to the best of their abilities the ecosystem will grow in a healthy manner. The discussion that has come up is very healthy as it has identified certain areas which needs more specific attention. But that should not be a reason to sit back and wait for someone(such as a benovalent dictator) to hand us a solution as this would only slow down or reverse whatever good is expected. Rather, we need to jump in and get our hands dirty. In order for us to meaningfully contribute to the ecosystem/process we need practical experience combined with an indepth knowledge. By experimenting with different microkernels, the Hurd hackers have gained an indepth insight into what is needed and now, combined with innovative ideas, are working on what is missing. If we are to be prepared to contribute we need to work on the existing system, enable its evolution and grow in experience and then when a newer and better microkernel comes along there will more and prepared kernel hackers. Towards praxis, Vikram Vincent
