F.A.O. Patrick Strasser
Patrick,
I'm sorry for sending this mail in a 'public' fashion, but I appear to
be blocked from sending you mail directly. When trying to figure out
why I was taken to a web page that gave information on the 'SORBS'
system. It appears that my IP address has been used for 'sending
unsolicited mail'. As the IP address displayed for me is one
dynamically allocated by my ISP, and I have no control over who has had
it previously (or who will have it in the future) I'm a bit stymied as
to how to contact you directly. Anyway, my original reply to your
message is below:
Patrick Strasser wrote:
So you are writing a sourcecode guidebook? Is there anything I can
help you? I could for example try to read some code (which is
important to understand the Hurd) and see which difficulties arise.
Patrick
Well, I'm not familiar with Hurd at all really, but after following the
debian-hurd list for some time and jumping in with a couple of
suggestions re: making things easier for newcomers, I've tentatively
suggested taking on the role of collecting information that others have
written and:
a) Putting it all in the same place (an as yet undecided website/web
presence)
b) Formatting it all to make it look a bit nicer for the newbie to Hurd,
and making it available in .pdf format so that it can be downloaded in a
format that will definitely print nicely, and potentially be used for
training/education purposes, such as on undergraduate systems
design/software engineering courses.
I hope this meets with your approval, as I could really use all the help
I can get!
My starting point for a 'how to' on how to read the Hurd code has been a
message from Farid Hajji
http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2000/debian-hurd-200012/msg00149.html
I believed that this plus the link you gave to a Hurd sourcecode
cross-reference was a good starting point for people who were diving in
for the first time, but if you feel you could contribute or add anything
to the above, then please let me know.
Thanks for your response,
Mark
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