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Re: HHG and newbie Hurd Hackers


From: Thomas Schwinge
Subject: Re: HHG and newbie Hurd Hackers
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:59:43 +0200
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Hello!

On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 05:28:00PM -0500, R. Steven Rainwater wrote:
> "How to become a Hurd Hacker" tutorial

OK, no problem with starting such a thing.  There just has to be someone
to do it :-).  And, good news: parts of it already exist.

Some examples:

  * <http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/hurd/contributing/>.
  * <http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building/> --
    fairly complete and up-to-date.
  * <http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/microkernel/mach/mig/building/> --
    likewise.
  * <http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/hurd/building/> -- incomplete.
  * <http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/hurd/debugging/> -- evolving.  For
    example, just yesterday I added
    <http://www.bddebian.com/~wiki/hurd/debugging/hurd/>.


> that provides a step-by-step
> explanation of setting up a Hurd development box, [...]

> Should I create patches against the savannah CVS [...]

Might be good to add all these items you collected to the discussion
subpage of `hurd/contributing'.  Again, feel invited to create it.
<http://www.bddebian.com/cgi-bin/wiki-ikiwiki.cgi?page=discussion&from=hurd%2Fcontributing&do=create>


> I've already found answers to some of these on #hurd but I'm afraid
> they'll get tired of me asking too many dumb questions eventually. :)

#hurd can be ``callous'', so don't worry about that.  The most
displeasing thing to happen is when people start ignoring you.  But it's
a long way.  ;-)


> Here's an example that explains this sort of stuff for new Linux
> hackers:
> 
> http://www.linuxchix.org/content/courses/kernel_hacking/lesson0
> 
> It goes through preparing the development environment, downloading and
> configuring the source, creating and submitting patches (including
> political considerations), and then goes into the technical stuff about
> the kernel code.

If that is a useful structure, then we can surely create something
analogous.  First the structure and then people can piece by piece fill
it with information.


Regards,
 Thomas

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