From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Linux Project Registry (24 July, 1992)
Date: 24 Jul 92 22:19:27 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

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	hzatz@graphics.cornell.edu
2) Keyboard key switching	Back Burner	ben@djehuti.champaign.il.us
   (Ctrl -> Caps Lock, etc.)
3) Kernel TCP/IP		Alpha.3 Rel.	bir7@leland.stanford.edu
				Testers Needed
				(See PART II)
4) Boottime Root Choice		Init. Code 	geek@cmu.edu
				Eval & Struct	bg11@andrew.cmu.edu
5) ISO9660 file system(CDROM)	pre-alpha	eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil
6) SCSI CDROM support		pre-alpha	rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu
7) X386 port for 8514/A		Alpha test	martin@cs.unc.edu
				Testers needed
8) Common LISP implementation	Alpha test	
					haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de
9) Linux Kernel			0.96c pl2	torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi
10) Linux Root Disk		0.96		jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.edu
11) InterView for X11		Needs Help	ujlh@sunyit.edu
12) Keyboard Patches				thoth@uiuc.edu
13) AHA 1732 32-bit SCSI	begin late Aug. mikee@seas.gwu.edu
14) PLP printer spooler		Primary port	dhs@moeng2.minc.umd.edu
				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 martin@cs.unc.edu (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!registry@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
				or		callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
2) FAQ list		11 July, 1992		linux@numero6.greco-prog.fr
3) Meta-FAQ		?? July, 1992		wirzeniu@klaava.helsinki.fi
4) Bug Reports/Fixes	(next week)		ml-linux-bugs@dg-rtp.dg.com

================    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!register@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
	(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)

	callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu

   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
		ml-linux-bugs@dg-rtp.dg.com
   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,
		callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
and any flame can be sent to /dev/null :-)

				James

James P. Callison       Microcomputer Coordinator        OU Law Library 
Callison@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu   /\        Callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor
	constellation!biglaw!callison@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
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
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