Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread Paschke Christoph
y, could you point me to this document? > > > J. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Paschke Christoph > Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:27 PM > Subject: [9fans] GSoC 2012 > To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> > > &g

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread Stanley Lieber
> SSH2 in any form helps a ton. Taruti wrote a simple ssh2 client in go called scpu[1][2] that I've been using since last summer. It builds on Plan 9 with gmake and her (now outdated) port of go[2]. The command line options mirror those of cpu(1), and it works well with factotum(4). There is also

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Mar 15 22:06:46 EDT 2012, rhoyerb...@gmail.com wrote: > Atom doesn't run well on Qemu, I'm not at all clued into on why, but the > point is, residual attention on the net mostly comes from people with no > large commitment in the process? I am probably the least paid guy talking > (no compl

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread andrew zerger
Atom doesn't run well on Qemu, I'm not at all clued into on why, but the point is, residual attention on the net mostly comes from people with no large commitment in the process? I am probably the least paid guy talking (no complaints,) yet there is no way I could go buy an atom processor system an

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread Jeremy Jackins
> as someone who has worked hard to fix these things, it's frustrating > that the distribution didn't pick these things up.  :-(. > > - erik These changes are in 9atom then, right? The plan9 ecosystem is still rather confusing to me. Do the majority of users on this list use the standard distribut

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Mar 15 18:02:50 EDT 2012, jeremyjack...@gmail.com wrote: > > Which isn't to say that installation is out of scope. I could imagine a > > proposal looking at creating installation CDs from trees or installing > > under different circumstances being code-focused. > > > > Anthony > > +1. As a

[9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread Paschke Christoph
Sure, a project around a good installer is quite useful that people not get frustrated already at the beginning in the trial of a new system. And doing a good installer is sure code based. I started with Inferno at emu and this was still a quite easy way although the installation description wa

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-15 Thread Jeremy Jackins
> Which isn't to say that installation is out of scope. I could imagine a > proposal looking at creating installation CDs from trees or installing > under different circumstances being code-focused. > > Anthony +1. As a Plan 9 newbie, I certainly had issues with the installer. It prevented me from

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-14 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
Sending from phone, please pardon errors. There are projects that use gsoc for docs and the like. I would see nothing wrong with someone contributing code to the installer -- especially someone with less familiarity with p9 than most 9fans -- they will likely taake longer than 1-2 weeks. Additiona

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-14 Thread Anthony Sorace
On Mar 14, 2012, at 18:15 , Charles Forsyth wrote: > At least in the past, I'm sure I followed a discussion that the summer of > code was intended (ie, required) to produce code, not documentation > or packaging, although that might have changed. This is true. All projects in GSoC are required to

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-14 Thread Charles Forsyth
At least in the past, I'm sure I followed a discussion that the summer of code was intended (ie, required) to produce code, not documentation or packaging, although that might have changed. On 14 March 2012 19:38, John Floren wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:03 PM, wrote: > > May I suggest

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-14 Thread John Floren
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:03 PM, wrote: > May I suggest to add an "easy" project to the list: review Plan9 > installation. > > The "howto install without" (explaining how to create a Plan9 realm > from another OS if the CD can not be used) that I posted a while > ago did not attract a lot of att

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-03-14 Thread tlaronde
May I suggest to add an "easy" project to the list: review Plan9 installation. The "howto install without" (explaining how to create a Plan9 realm from another OS if the CD can not be used) that I posted a while ago did not attract a lot of attention. But dealing with the install, I saw many detai

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-02-28 Thread Anthony Sorace
> Do you plan to post some of these simple gsoc2011 tasks on 2012? Yes. I expect to get a short, first draft list of proposed ideas for 2012 projects up some time today (likely late evening my time). I'd expect several from the 2011[1] list will show up again. > I'm very interesting to join your

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-02-27 Thread JIghtuse
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote: > > > On 24 February 2012 11:23, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > >> Op 24 februari 2012 11:19 heeft Calvin Morrison >> het volgende geschreven: >> > >> > >> > On 24 February 2012 11:13, Anthony Sorace wrote: >> >> >> >> Folks: >> >>The f

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-02-24 Thread Calvin Morrison
On 24 February 2012 11:23, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > Op 24 februari 2012 11:19 heeft Calvin Morrison > het volgende geschreven: > > > > > > On 24 February 2012 11:13, Anthony Sorace wrote: > >> > >> Folks: > >>The fine folks over at Google's Open Source Programs > >> Office have announce

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-02-24 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
Op 24 februari 2012 11:19 heeft Calvin Morrison het volgende geschreven: > > > On 24 February 2012 11:13, Anthony Sorace wrote: >> >> Folks: >>        The fine folks over at Google's Open Source Programs >> Office have announced the 2012 edition of Summer of >> Code. I intend to submit an applica

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-02-24 Thread Anthony Sorace
On Feb 24, 2012, at 11:19 , Calvin Morrison wrote: > How can I apply for GSoC as a student? is it to late? It's not too late - it's too early! Mentor organization applications haven't even opened yet. Please review the timeline in point 2 in the FAQ[0]. Anthony [0] http://www.google-melang

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-02-24 Thread Calvin Morrison
On 24 February 2012 11:13, Anthony Sorace wrote: > Folks: >The fine folks over at Google's Open Source Programs > Office have announced the 2012 edition of Summer of > Code. I intend to submit an application for Plan 9 to again > participate. I'd like your help in making this year a succe

[9fans] GSoC 2012

2012-02-24 Thread Anthony Sorace
Folks: The fine folks over at Google's Open Source Programs Office have announced the 2012 edition of Summer of Code. I intend to submit an application for Plan 9 to again participate. I'd like your help in making this year a success. We had one major problem last year. Between Goo