NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/6649

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From: [e-mail] (James P. Callison)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Linux Project Registry (24 July, 1992)
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Date: 24 Jul 92 22:19:27 GMT
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This is the Linux Project Registry. It is divided into several parts, as
follows:
      (I) Short Listing of Projects Underway
     (II) Abstracts/Descriptions of Projects from (I)
    (III) Short Listing of Continuing Projects
     (IV) Abstracts/Descriptions of Projects from (III)

And now begins the Linux Project Registry...

================    PART I    ============================================

Project Name                 Status        Email Address
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) X386 port for VGA             Middle Burner    [e-mail]
2) Keyboard key switching    Back Burner    [e-mail]
   (Ctrl -> Caps Lock, etc.)
3) Kernel TCP/IP        Alpha.3 Rel.    [e-mail]
                Testers Needed
                (See PART II)
4) Boottime Root Choice        Init. Code     [e-mail]
                Eval & Struct    [e-mail]
5) ISO9660 file system(CDROM)    pre-alpha    [e-mail]
6) SCSI CDROM support        pre-alpha    [e-mail]
7) X386 port for 8514/A        Alpha test    [e-mail]
                Testers needed
8) Common LISP implementation    Alpha test
                    [e-mail]
9) Linux Kernel            0.96c pl2    [e-mail]
10) Linux Root Disk        0.96        [e-mail]
11) InterView for X11        Needs Help    [e-mail]
12) Keyboard Patches                [e-mail]
13) AHA 1732 32-bit SCSI    begin late Aug. [e-mail]
14) PLP printer spooler        Primary port    [e-mail]
                project

================    PART II    ===========================================

I have translated the comments of the programmers/porters as best I could.
Quotes ("") indicate that the programmer/porter's own description is used.
(If I've messed anything up, please feel free to let me know. Nicely. :-)

1) Port of X386 to work with standard VGA
2) Keyboard patches to allow switching of keys (eg--<Ctrl> for <Caps Lock>)
3) Kernel TCP/IP support, in Alpha.3 Release. Testers are needed; see the
   NET channel of the mailing list for more information or to volunteer.
4) "boottime root choice. i.e. at boot time, as user for root partition
    (with default and timeout)."
5) "ISO9660 filesystem (CDROM)"
6) "SCSI support for CDROM"
7) Port of X386 server to work with video cards regiter-compatible with
   IBM 8514/A Display Adapter. Alpha testing begins 27 July, 1992, and
   testers with non-ATI, 8514/A-register-compatible adapters are needed.
   Please contact [e-mail] (Kevin E. Martin) to volunteer.
8) Implementation of Common Lisp for Linux
9) Err, 'nuff said, eh? :-) 0.96c, Patch level 2 is the most currentest
   version (as of Noon, CST, 24 July, 1992 :-).
10) 0.96 is the most current version of the root disk.
11) Currently working on InterViews for X11, but could use assistance
    in getting it working.
12) Currently working on keyboard patches to send to Linus.
13) Will begin work on AHA 1732 32-bit SCSI drivers in late August (unless
    someone beats him to it).
14) porting Patrick Powell's PLP lpd software from U of Minnesota.

================    PART III    ==========================================

On-going Projects

Project Name             Last "Issue"        Email Address
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Project Registry    24 July, 1992
            constellation!biglaw![e-mail]
                or        [e-mail]
2) FAQ list        11 July, 1992        [e-mail]
3) Meta-FAQ        ?? July, 1992        [e-mail]
4) Bug Reports/Fixes    (next week)        [e-mail]

================    PART IV    ===========================================

1)This list, obviously :-). To get your project on this list (which will be
   posted bi-weekly, or weekly, if there's sufficient demand), send a
   message with the Subject line: Linux Project Registry, and the
   body containing:
    1) your email address (if you don't include it, I'll use the address
       from the mail-header, which tends to be messy around here)
    2) a short description of your project (see above for examples)
   and  3) a status report (eg, Alpha.3 Release, beta testing, etc.)
   to
    constellation!biglaw![e-mail]
    (constellation!biglaw!register works from some sites;
     constellation's full address is constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu)

   or, (IF and ONLY IF the above address doesn't work for some reason)

    [e-mail]

   If you send me something to include in the list, please send me a note
   when the status changes, as well. It's kinda hard to keep up with you
   guys, as fast as you're going on some of these projects. :-)

2) the Frequently Asked Questions List. If you have a question, read it
   first. 'Nuff said.

3) The "Meta-FAQ"; a short list of pointers with accidental answers :-)

4) The "official" Linux Bug-Report site. The proper procedure is:
    1) post to comp.os.linux to determine if your bug is, in fact, a bug, or
       if it is a problem with your system (or your system's admin :-)
    2) get the Bug Report Template, fill it out, and mail it to
        [e-mail]
   If you have a bug fix/workaround, follow the same procedure, but with
   a different template.


Well, that's the first release of the Project Registry, 24 July, 1992.
This is obviuosly not going to be its ultimate form, but it should be very
close. Any constructive comments can be sent to me,
        [e-mail]
and any flame can be sent to /dev/null :-)

                James

James P. Callison       Microcomputer Coordinator        OU Law Library
[e-mail]   /\        [e-mail]
    constellation!biglaw![e-mail]
DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
    Lawyers get you out'n the kind of trouble you'd never get in
        if there was no lawyers. -- Cowboy logic