Re: hurd-i386 qualification for Wheezy
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 09:53 +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 06:08:16PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > On 19.05.2012 19:04, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > >I'm not sure we've ever released with an architecture which was in
> > >either broken or fucked, but hopefully someone will correct me if I'm
> > >mistaken on that.
> >
> > Anyone? :-)
> >
> > Opinions as to whether it makes sense to release an architecture in
> > either of those states would also be welcome.
> >
>
> I do not think it is sensible to release an architecture that is in
> broken/fucked. That's what something like debian ports is for.
>
> In order to release hurd, even as a tech preview, we need hurd in
> testing and users actually testing it. This is a problem at this stage
> because:
An almost up-to-date web page about GNU/Hurd is available at:
http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd
> * there isn't a functional D-I port yet
It work perfectly well as far as I know. There are still bugs to be
handled by the DMs, for example grub2: #670069, #634799, #670186,
#670189
> * it doesn't support debian style networking (ifupdown etc)
ifupdown is supported, see wnpp bug #672212
> * it doesn't support any meaningful available new hardware (USB, SATA)
SATA support is in the works.
> * its archive coverage is far lower than required
What is required, currently the percentage is 77%. How large was it when
kFreeBSD was released as a tech preview in Squeeze.
Take a look at the bug page, to find out how the percentage could
increase:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-hurd@lists.debian.org;tag=hurd;
39 important bugs with patches
14 normal bug with patches
7 forwarded important and normal bugs
4 bugs pending uploads
etc
The introduction of GNU/Hurd in testing is not only in the hands of the
porters.
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