Re: GSoC 2011

[Samuel Thibault]

olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net, le Thu 10 Feb 2011 03:26:51 +0100, a écrit :
> > That doesn't look to me like something we can really propose as GSoC.
> 
> Why not?...
> 
> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 06:33:46PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > - fix dhcp3

Fairly quick, based on the existing patch.

> > - get the few packages still on debian-ports needed for basic install
> >   into the the archive

Mostly mailing people and waiting.

> > - generate all kinds of CD flavors

That could be a task.

> > - use genext2fs or a local /hurd/ext2fs mount to get translators
> >   recorded in the initrd itself.

Not so trivial, but could be a task.

> > - improve initrd handling

That's mostly a design issue, not much coding.

> > - fix library reduction

Non-trivial bugfix.

> > - enable graphical installer

Is already working in principle, potential bugfixes apart.

My concern is thus that apart from the CD images, tasks are either very
small, or quite difficult. One thing that could be added would be to
manage to have our own "testing" distribution, independent from the
official testing distribution. That would help installability a lot.

Of course, I'm not opposed at all to proposing the idea and even
mentoring, I'm just unsure it can fit.

Samuel