Pjotr Prins writes: > On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 02:17:08PM -0800, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: >> >> - g-expressions which generate packages of the Guix package manager for >> >> .deb and .rpm based distros, and work to get those upstream in Debian >> >> and Fedora >> > >> > That would be useful, and CheckInstall may be good enough for that. I >> > don’t think it’s “enough” for GSoC, though. WDYT? >> >> If the student was really to package Guix for many distributions, it >> might be enough. Especially if that student was to explore packaging >> with upstream. Anyway, the payout could be *huge*. > > One thing to keep in mind is that GSoC is about programming. So, we > have to be clear about that in the proposal. > >> If they finish early, I'm sure we could find other things for them to >> do? :) > > Better to put a secondary job in - such as improving the web-ui or > creating a tool for importing deb packages, or something. Students > will come if they think the job challenging/interesting enough. > > Pj.
So, while we're on the topic of hopes and dreams that I might *personally* love to see solved through GSoC, but maybe people will be like "That's not enough of a GSoC programming project".... npm packaging and importer. Even better: enough npm packaging and importing to where we package pump.io :) It might not be the most fun GSoC project though?
