Second diary entry - now I know that I've got to write HTML.
I've had all sorts of fun with GNU software lately, but nonetheless I'm building the entire base system over and over. I've also uploaded a recent snapshot of MirBSD yesterday to the usual place, and would like to say thanks to every tester with positive and negative feedback *hint*.
Work is needed to run a build through all ports to see
whether they build or not, and for what reason they don't
build (missing C++ compiler // some other reason // unknown).
Even better: if they actually work.
What would be nice too?
Well, I wouldn't start crying when some more people report
ISDN working (for Fritz!Card PCI v1 I know), and if PLIP
works, I'd be glad - it doesn't here, but I haven't checked
with GNU/Linux yet if it does with my hardware anyways.
Oh, and port gcc 3.3.1...
My main development machine dies. It's an Acer Aspire 1300
notebook, Athlon-XP1400+, 256 MiB non-DDR SD-RAM, 18.62 GiB
HDD. I've set up my router (Pentium-100, 128 MiB EDO-DRAM,
10 Gig HDD, MirBSD, Hercules MONO graphics card, RTL8029
for the LAN, RTL8139 for DSL-Modem [sponsors anyone?]
because it's slower than the 10 Mbit card, 3.5"HD and 5.25"HD
floppy drives, and - since yesterday - an ahc(4) SCSI
controller with a 32x UltraPLEX CD-ROM drive) to be the main
cvs server for MirBSD, and use a 486DX/2-80 (12/110 MiB) laptop
to connect via xdm to it now, to read mails and so.
Currently, I can still use the Acer, but only with an external
14" CRT, and must not move it (else, its PSU dies). But the
Acer support is sending me a person from UPS to fetch it for
repairing (I'm allowed to remove the HDD first, thanks).
It's still got service time.
I've also come up with a developement
plan for MirBSD, and decided to release a stable codebase
before the switch to gcc-3.2.4 (so I can go back if everything
is FUBAR in a sudden :).
If you want to join, install OpenBSD, get familiar with it,
install MirBSD, play, join #deutsch on irc.eu.freenode.net,
talk with me, send fixes.
I've had funny holidays near Luxembourg camping - but it's a pity the person who donated me the 486 laptop mentioned above was unreachable, so I couldn't meet him IRL. I'll probably go there more often - it's some 160 km, and gasoline is more than cheap there (about 30 ct. less - that's about one fourth of the price they want here).
Well, that's all for it. Whenever I get the kick to do some documentation, I start it, and it's all over in a sudden. If you want to update the MirBSD docs (mostly still pointing to OpenBSD) - send unified diffs! :-)