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Re: Software ported to Hurd



On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 09:47:45PM +0100, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> There is very little software ported.

Hu? It's not that bad.
 
> Is this because of :
> a) porting problems

Mostly, yes. It's a lot of work, and one person can only do so much.
There is an incomplete list of common issues on the Debian hurd web pages.

> b) debian ftp problems (packages are ported but not put into debian ftp)

Well, not all packages have been tried at all. I am currently working on an
autobuilder which will do automatic compilation of everything. Stay tuned.
 
> If answer is :
> a) where should I report ported packages

Here.

> b) where can I get list of ported packages

In the archive, for those we know about. There is also a often-up-to-date
list on the Debian hurd web page.

Thanks,
Marcus

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