On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Jérémie Koenig wrote: > Hello, sorry for the cross-post (I couldn't quite decide...) > > I intend to apply as a GSoC student for porting debian-installer to > the Hurd. I've started tinkering with busybox, as suggested on the > ideas pages, and I will try to come up with a reasonably precise > roadmap of the work needed in the coming weeks (I will post again on > debian-boot and/or debian-hurd to request feedback when I do). Unless > I'm mistaken, Samuel Thibault has already done some work and would be > interested in mentoring such a project. > > I understand this is a difficult project which involves a lot of > things, however I have used the Hurd and done some debian-installer > work in the past. I find the design of both to be rather elegant and > I'd be delighted to have the opportunity to work on them full-time > this summer. > > One question I have is about what organization I should submit my > application to. Both Debian and GNU have been accepted by Google as > mentoring organizations, and I beleive Hurd will participate as a GNU > project, as they did in the previous years. Would it be appropriate to > apply to both? (after all, who am I to deny either of them a chance to > accept my application :-P) > > Of course I'd also be interested in any advice you would care to give > me and I would be glad to answer any question you may have. >
Good luck with this project. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 [email protected] - personal. [email protected] - business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
