Will Newton <will [at] misconception.org.uk> writes: > On Tuesday 30 Apr 2002 8:37 pm, you wrote: > >> I was reading linux format today and reading up about the GNU Hurd (which >> Richard Stallman hopes to get sorted by the end of the year). It bothered > > The "end of the year" quote seems to be a total fantasy. The Debian GNU/Hurd > port is the most advanced distribution based on Hurd, and it's way, way off > being a Linux replacement. e.g. it's just gone through a C ABI change recently That doesn't necesarially indicate it's way off, most Linux distributions had a C ABI change with the shift to glibc-2.0, but it was usable before and after. Granted, I think "end of the year" is a mite optimistic, but claiming redhat 5.0 was a way off from being a replacement for 4.2 because it had a C ABI change wouldn't fly... -- Eric E. Moore
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