Re: Using Hurd features

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

<address@hidden> writes:

> And the Hurd is a GNU project.  So worrying about portability for
> non-GNU systems is simply not a priority.  In other words, it is
> better to port the Hurd to L4 without worrying about POSIX to much,
> and when that is done, let people who care about it fix things.

Don't forget that most (if not all) applications which are part of the
GNU Project expect a POSIX interface or something close to it.
GNU Autoconf clearly illustrates this, as Jonathan noted earlier.

It might have been different if the Hurd had been a popular libre kernel
before Linux.

Thanks,
Ludovic.