Google Summer of Code 2013 (was: Project idea link on the wiki)

2013-04-23 Thread Thomas Schwinge
bdc423e38fbf4039f1, for example. Now done in commit a2cd1c245297f5f4f64dd77b5bbaee4f22353ee7, <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2013-04-23.html>: | The Google Summer of Code 2013 is on! If you're a student, consider | applying for a GNU Hurd project -- details to be found on our GSoC |

Re: Google summer of code 2013

2013-03-25 Thread Giuseppe Scrivano
Thomas Schwinge writes: > I can send patches for the following if you prefer, but it's just > copy'n'paste. For GNU Hurd, please copy the entry from > ; we're > working on updating or list of project ideas. Any reason not to add a >

Re: Google summer of code 2013

2013-03-25 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:42:44 +0100, jema...@gnu.org (Jose E. Marchesi) wrote: > As it is usual, this year GNU will be applying to become a Google Summer > of Code [0] organization. Provided we get selected I will be the org > admin and Giuseppe Scrivano will volunteer as the co-admin. > - If

RE: [Google Summer of Code 2013] - Mozilla Rust language bindings

2013-03-06 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:07:39 +1300, "Nolan Tunnicliffe" wrote: > I don't mind where a Rust port to Hurd is discussed. To get some of > the technical answers regarding Rust though you may need to ask > on reddit.com or maybe the rust-...@mozilla.org. Although I will > research what I can. I

Re: [Google Summer of Code 2013] - Mozilla Rust language bindings

2013-02-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Nolan Tunnicliffe, le Fri 15 Feb 2013 17:07:39 +1300, a écrit : > >Samuel Thibault wrote > >I however have to say you probably underestimate the amount of work > >needed to write a driver. The language can help in some way, but not > >very much. The main part of difficulty is to manage to unde

RE: [Google Summer of Code 2013] - Mozilla Rust language bindings

2013-02-14 Thread Nolan Tunnicliffe
I don't mind where a Rust port to Hurd is discussed. To get some of the technical answers regarding Rust though you may need to ask on reddit.com or maybe the rust-...@mozilla.org. Although I will research what I can. I'm not a language developer myself. I'm not a student so I can't participate

Re: [Google Summer of Code 2013] - Mozilla Rust language bindings

2013-02-14 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Well, porting Rust to GNU/Hurd definitely can be useful, so your project is more than welcome in that regard. I however have to say you probably underestimate the amount of work needed to write a driver. The language can help in some way, but not very much. The main part of difficulty is

Re: [Google Summer of Code 2013] - Mozilla Rust language bindings

2013-02-14 Thread Thomas Schwinge
of the operating system. What experience do you have with operating system implementation? (These questions, by the way, are just so that we get a feeling about what we can roughly expect you to know, and what we first have to teach you -- but no problem with that, of course!) > For the Google

Re: [Google Summer of Code 2013] - Mozilla Rust language bindings

2013-02-14 Thread Thomas Schwinge
of the operating system. What experience do you have with operating system implementation? (These questions, by the way, are just so that we get a feeling about what we can roughly expect you to know, and what we first have to teach you -- but no problem with that, of course!) > For the Google

[Google Summer of Code 2013] - Mozilla Rust language bindings

2013-02-13 Thread Nolan Tunnicliffe
ion with type classes Exception handling unrecoverable unwinding with task isolation Memory model optional task-local GC, safe pointer types with region analysis Compilation model ahead-of-time, C/C++ compatible License dual MIT / Apache 2 For the Google Summer of Code 2013, Port the Mozi

[Carol Smith] [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013

2013-02-11 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! There will be a Google Summer of Code 2013, see below. Assuming GNU is again going to apply and accepted as a mentoring organization -- if we're interested, we can also already begin thinking about projects to propose. <http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/community/gsoc/project_ide