Re: GNU Hurd

[John Halton <johnhalton@gmail.com>]

On 03/02/06, Joseph Smidt <jsmidt@byu.edu> wrote:
> I have been reading up on the GNU Hurd OS.  Unfortunately most articles are
> several years old.  I know Debian is actively assisting in the Hurd project.
>  My question is, will Etch be released officially on the Hurd, or is there
> any goals in the future for when Debian/Hurd will be officially released?
> Thanks.
>
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>        Joseph Smidt
>      jsmidt@byu.edu

See http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/ for details of Debian GNU/Hurd.

>From the linked page: "Debian GNU/Hurd is not officially released yet,
and won't be for some time ... The Hurd ... does not provide the
performance and stability you would expect from a production system.
Also, only about every second Debian package has been ported to the
GNU/Hurd. There is a lot of work to do before we can make a release."

So I guess the answer to your Etch question is, "no". As for future
goals, it looks like the usual "it'll be ready when it's ready"
approach applies.

John