Re: Google Summer of Code 2007

2007-03-12 Thread Michael Banck
Hi, On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 08:44:00PM -0400, Barry deFreese wrote: > Are we talking Debian specific stuff or no? This is about the FSF's GSoC project, so I don't think Debian-specific stuff would be appropriate. > There still the Debian installer afair. Yes, but after last year's fiasco, I'm

Re: [task #6612] Overriding the system's default servers

2007-03-12 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Plan9 has a rather simple solution for this: They have local namespaces > (i.e. each process can have a different view of the filesystem), which > allows easily installing alternative servers in place of the default > ones for individual programs/users/whatever.

Re: Google Summer of Code 2007

2007-03-12 Thread Constantine Kousoulos
IMHO, o GSoC project should be something doable that can be completed within the given time. Too broad tasks should be avoided. Libchannel is a prerequisitive for many proposed projects. I think that any project that depends on it, should not be proposed. IMHO, each project should be independe

Re: [task #1618] Allowing filesystems larger than ~2 GB

2007-03-12 Thread Constantine Kousoulos
From the wiki: "Note that, while the official CVS sources still suffer of this problem, recent (as of 2007) Debian GNU Hurd distributions do not have this limit anymore. Be happy." I must be missing something serious here because the following question logicaly arises. How can this problem be

Re: [task #1618] Allowing filesystems larger than ~2 GB

2007-03-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Constantine Kousoulos, le Mon 12 Mar 2007 16:19:11 +0200, a écrit : > I must be missing something serious here because the following > question logicaly arises. How can this problem be solved on Debian > GNU Hurd and still exist in the official CVS sources?? Because Debian includes a lot of patc