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  * (hurd-any) console-driver-xkb
   * we should probably just integrate it in the hurd package
   * See the concerns on the mailing list archive (bug-hurd, "XKB's keymaps for the Hurd console")
   * can postpone		   * (./) (hurd-any) console-driver-xkb
   * integrated in the hurd package
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   * issue with ipv6-enabled system
   * DebianBug:698092		   * (./) exim4, DebianBug:698092 fixed, to remove
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  * (hurd-any) netio
   * ITP: DebianBug:669652		   * (./) (hurd-any) netio, replaced by socketio from util-hurd, to remove.
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   * DebianBug:608525, pending upload
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 * (./) Integrate DDE to get nowadays' network support.
 * Get Xorg + gnome/kde/xfce (xfce should work, kde is missing working dbus (due to local socket auth and bugs in select() cornercases)) + some webbrowser working (iceweasel 9 works, though not https).
 * (./) Fix ext2fs uncleanness at reboot [[http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/open_issues/sync_but_still_unclean_filesystem.html]]
 * Switch to plain sysv startup?
 * (./) Enable console by default? (we now have proper kernel message relaying)		  * Get Xorg + gnome/kde/xfce/lxde (lxde is working, xfce should work, kde is missing working dbus (due to local socket auth and bugs in select() cornercases)) + some webbrowser working (iceweasel 9 works, though not https).
 * Switch by default to plain sysv startup?
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  * or rather switch to shadow's, like linux, DebianBug:737805
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Debian > Debian GNU > Debian GNU/Hurd

This page attempts to be a reference for all resources related to Debian GNU/Hurd that can be useful for users and developers. Feel free to add more stuff as you see fit.

"In a discussion with the Debian Hurd porters it was decided that the Hurd port stays on FTPMaster until Wheezy is released. Should they have managed to get the port into a state that it is released together with all the others (probably as a technology preview), it is kept in the archive. Should they not manage this the port will be removed from the main archive and move fully to debian-ports.org."1

What is Debian GNU/Hurd ?

Debian GNU/Hurd is an operating system from Debian, but which uses GNU Hurd, which is a set of servers, running on top of the GNU Mach microkernel instead of the kernel named Linux (thus the name Debian GNU/Hurd). Some day, most applications will exist both in Debian GNU/Hurd and in Debian GNU/Linux.

Basic info

Goals for releasing in jessie

  • buildd
    • security
    • DSA
  • proper dhcp support in installed system
    • use ifup/ifdown instead of translators entry?

  • packages in debian-ports (those marked with <!> need to be integrated in the main archive):

    • (hurd-any) cardmgr-gnumach
      • wifi, can live without
      • postpone

    • (./) (hurd-any) console-driver-xkb

      • integrated in the hurd package
      • to remove

    • (./) (hurd-any) cvsfs, to remove (provided by util-hurd)

    • (./) eglibc, pre-build with 2.17-98 patch fixing dhcpd

    • emacs-defaults
      • default to emacs24

    • (./) exim4, 698092 fixed, to remove

    • gdb
      • Add hardware watch support.

    • (./) grub2, remainder, to remove

    • (./) (hurd-any) gopherfs, to remove (provided by util-hurd)

    • (./) (hurd-any) httpfs, to remove (provided by util-hurd)

    • (./) hurd, to remove

    • icon

      • 654381

      • -k option issue fixed by exec_file_name patch in libc.

    • <!> isc-dhcp

      • 616290

      • Being Discussed directly with upstream, upstream patch available
      • Maintainer wants patch really applied upstream before adding it to debian.
      • patch applied upstream for newer version, but newer version has new occurrence of PATH_MAX

    • (./) libpciaccess, to remove

    • (./) libpthread-stubs, to remove

    • (./) libxcb, to remove

    • (./) mlocate, to remove

    • (./) (hurd-any) netio, replaced by socketio from util-hurd, to remove.

    • ntp
      • Ship ntpdate at least.
    • (hurd-any) random-egd
      • make it an alternative to Marcus' C implementation
      • can live without
      • can postpone

    • (./) ruby-sqlite3, to remove

    • (./) ruby2.0, to remove

    • sendmail

    • (./) (hurd-any) smbfs-hurd, to remove (provided by util-hurd)

    • (./) sysvinit, to remove

    • (./) (hurd-any) tarfs, to remove (provided by util-hurd)

    • (hurd-any) util-hurd
    • (hurd-any) wireless-tools-gnumach
      • just for wifi, can live without
      • postpone
    • x86info
    • xorg
  • various packages in debian-ports, but not a priority
  • Be able to install at least the base from official mirror (now just missing dhcp)
  • Get Xorg + gnome/kde/xfce/lxde (lxde is working, xfce should work, kde is missing working dbus (due to local socket auth and bugs in select() cornercases)) + some webbrowser working (iceweasel 9 works, though not https).
  • Switch by default to plain sysv startup?
  • fix "su" to root discrepancy (PATH does not include sbin etc.), apparently simply because shadow's su vs coreutils' su.

  • No more binaries built in "use debian-ports" era (http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2013/07/msg00014.html):

    • emacs23

      • lost cause, will be dropped once emacs24 is fixed for good (725099) and made default

    • gnome-system-monitor
    • xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
  • Good archive coverage.
    • We're at 79%, kfreebsd was at 85% when it entered wheezy. Although probably not reachable, we can probably do better with
      • mono
      • fpc
      • nodejs

  • Fix at least the required, important and standard packages from http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/out_of_date.txt

  • Try to fix the top of http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/graph-total-top.txt

Goals for later

Developer info

CategoryPermalink

  1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/03/msg00015.html - Debian pushes development of the Hurd port (1)