[Marcus: If this message seems utterly irrelevant to you, please keep reading...]
On 17 Aug 1998, Jim Pick wrote: > > Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I'll help. (I guess I'll have to do some research so I can figure out > > > how to update the Debian website) > > > > You need to move to using wml. But that's entirely painless. I can do > > the initial tranformation, if you like. If you wish to, you can be given > > CVS access (probably - it's not actually mine to give, but Jay's recent > > emphasis has been decentralising responsibillity). Or you can liase via > > me. > > Ok. You do the initial transformation. But I would like CVS access, > because I'd like to constantly update it with news updates, links to > other sites, the software map, the list of members, and other things. > Excellent. I certainly don't want to commit to more work than I can sensibly take on. So, Jay - Jim Pick would like CVS access to update the arm port pages, and Christopher C. Chimelis would like access so he can update the alpha pages. I shall take initial responsibility for converting the two sites to wml, and maintaining some kind of consistent look between the ports. > > > Here is the current Debian GNU/Hurd webpage: > > > > > > http://master.debian.org/~brinkmd/hurd/ > > > > I am aware of the hurd effort. Iam indeed subscribed to the mailing list. > > > > However, it is not a port of Linux to another architecture, which an > > accompanying port of Debian, but rather a port of Debian to another > > kernel. Maybe it should go on ports, for lack of a better place to put > > it, but it seems somehow different. > > Eventually, it is supposed to have binary compatibility with Linux, > and then it should simply be another kernel that could be slipped > underneath the current Debian stuff (I'm speculating here). But that > might be several years from now. > > In the meantime, they are going to be recompiling all the Debian > packages just like any other port. They even have their own set of > directories on the ftp site, ie: > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-hurd-i386/ > > Anyways, it's not my call. That's just how I saw it. And it would > look good on the ports page. I was being dopey. It isn't a Linux port, and I was thinking 'linux ports'. It *is* certainly a Debian port, and I'm pleased to have it on the page (change committed tonight). Marcus: This is a warning for you, then :-) I have taken the liberty of linking to your site on master from the page 'http://www.debian.org/ports/' (you won't see anything about the hurd for about 48 hours, as the web site has to be rebuilt and then mirrored). We would like have the Debian/Hurd info pages on the main site, at some stage. a) Could I have permission to use your pages as a base and b) Are you interesting in maintaining them? Regards, Jules Bean /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
