[oi-dev] [developer] GSoC? Decision time....

[Alexander Pyhalov]

Hello.

Garrett D'Amore писал 14.02.2014 06:43:
> But they do.  Openindiana is still the reference as the only disto
> that can build vanilla an unmodified illumos-gate.  Unless that has
> changed?
> 
> Resources are tight enough that if there are mentors for OI willing to
> help out I see no issue.  Unless we have a larger number of mentors
> and viable candidates than slots. I doubt that is going to happen this
> year based on the responses so far.  I also haven't heard any of OI
> developers offer to mentor so it may be a moot question.
> 

Should we provide a set of specific project ideas for application?

I'd like to suppose several tasks if no one objects:
1) make oi-userland safe in respect to parallel package compiling (now 
we support compiling multiple components in parallel), it would be good 
to support compiling most components themself in parallel;
2) add build-time dependency tracking to oi-userland (the framework 
itself to set buildtime dependencies for components and installing 
prerequisite packages before building) and set correct dependencies for 
at least all major components;
3) XNV/JDS transition to oi-userland, perhaps renewal of X11;
4) at last, port "your favorite software".

I'd like to help but I'm not sure in
a) how much time I can dedicate to this task
b) if I have skills enough to mentor all these task.

Also, perhaps, it's better to clear way for non-very-popular illumos 
tasks (drm/wi-fi stack/new drivers/etc). In sense, that we can solve 
above mentioned problems (or perhaps workaround them), but we can't do 
anything if OS just doesn't support specific use case or user system.
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