From de3f3f6cc52d1e5013e85137d09f2ac23e657858 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 20:10:58 +0100 Subject: IRC. --- community/gsoc/project_ideas/object_lookups.mdwn | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++ community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn | 12 +-- community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot.mdwn | 10 ++- 3 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'community') diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/object_lookups.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/object_lookups.mdwn index d3e17dc9..d67dbe20 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/object_lookups.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/object_lookups.mdwn @@ -539,3 +539,93 @@ In context of [[!message-id "20130918081345.GA13789@dalaran.sceen.net"]]. right, for dup and friends and the radix tree is a data structure that can cope decently with not too sparsed distributions + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-27 + + teythoon: ah, just saw the commit that will make our network + faster :) + network ? + eh no, it's about ioctls actually + :) + i read a bit too quickly + one more small step towards fixing all receiver lookups in the + hurd... + i did not anticipate how much the hurd has to be changed first + in order to make use of the protected payloads + that was my main reason not to do it actually :/ + but you're almost finished with it, aren't you ? + not sure tbh + i believe the fsys stuff was the largest chunk + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-02 + + youpi: i cleaned up most of the receiver lookups in hurd by now + but there are some tricky cases left + 1/ the pager stuff + the mig declarations are in gnumach, and do not have the + necessary intran declarations that we can mutate + 2/ some uses of mach_port_t instead of some_type_t in the hurd + rpc definitions + (e.g. fsys_forward) + for 1/, i'd like to extend the definitions in gnumach + i'm not so sure what to do for the second case + we could introduce some types for each case + or, we do not touch the definitions + my protected payload prototype allows us to map payloads back to + port names for the functions that want a name + i did this by redefining the mach_port_t type for mig that uses + the payload to port-name intran function + mig allows type redefinitions, but emits a warning message + though i consider that a useful feature, it allows one to refine + a type + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-04 + + braunr: i fixed the object lookups in libpager yesterday, a + pretty mechanic change + teythoon: can't be bad :) + amusingly, the resulting packages boot about half way through + o_O + teythoon: ? + it hangs while cleaning left-over files from /tmp + ugh, libpager .. + yes + tricky pager stuff is tricky ? + tricky buggy pager stuff is tricky and buggy + ^^ + let's assume you made things faster, increasing the likelihood of + deadlocks .. + we had a patch once for a libpager deadlock + well, i'm not yet at the point where things might get faster + see 901c61a1d25e7c8963e51012760a82730eda1910 + the same problem exists elsewhere i think, you might have hit it + i'm still just moving the object lookups from the server + functions to the mig translation functions + hm + but yes, i might have influenced the timing, not sure + shouldn't cost too much to add some prints + iirc, the other potential deadlock is in libpager/pager-attr.c + when memory_object_change_attributes is called + (which loops back into libpager when the kernel sends data back + ) + tricky .. + i'll try that when i get home + + aren't you almost done ? + not sure tbh + :( + althouhg libpager would be really great + and mach-defpager + since this is actually one of the biggest points of contention + i'll do that next, and return to libpager later + ok + for both i needed to change some rpc type definitions in gnu + mach + skipping lookups in libpager would make it harder to suffer + writeback thread storms + so i want to make sure that these changes are fine so that i can + propose them + ok diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn index d80efe37..dcbea144 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Hurdish Package Manager for the GNU System"]] @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ came about. There are no global databases of any kind. (Some things might require caching for better performance, but this must happen transparently.) The core of this approach is formed by [[hurd/translator/stowfs]]. -[Guix](http://www.gnu.org/software/guix), GNU's package manager, +[[GNU Guix|hurd/running/nix#guix]], GNU's package manager, installs each package in its own directory. Each user has a *profile*, which is the union of some of these packages. On GNU/Linux, this union is implemented as a symlink tree; on GNU/Hurd, @@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ Unix directory structure from all the files in the individual package directories. This handles the lowest level of package management. -The goal of this task is to exploit Hurd features in GNU Guix. +The goal of this task is to exploit Hurd features in [[GNU +Guix|hurd/running/nix#guix]]. Possible mentors: Ludovic Courtès, Ben Asselstine (bing) diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot.mdwn index 13cc6cd1..0c51bdc1 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Allow Using unionfs Early at Boot"]] @@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ software packages, GNU/Linux distributions usually come with a package manager, which keeps track of all files upon installation/removal in some kind of central database. -An alternative approach is the one implemented by GNU Stow and GNU Guix: each package is +An alternative approach is the one implemented by [[GNU Stow and GNU +Guix|package_manager]]: each package is actually installed in a private directory tree. The actual standard directory structure is then created by collecting the individual files from all the packages, and presenting them in the common `/bin`, `/lib`, etc. locations. -- cgit v1.2.3 From ac551d0c3ca486e72a72f531a36ea809c26149ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 23:51:12 +0100 Subject: community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager: Porting Guix to GNU/Hurd. --- community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'community') diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn index dcbea144..721f6d06 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager.mdwn @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -[[!meta title="Hurdish Package Manager for the GNU System"]] +[[!meta title="Hurdish Package Manager for the GNU System, GNU Guix"]] Most GNU/Linux systems use pretty sophisticated package managers, to ease the management of installed software. These keep track of all installed files, and @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ management. The goal of this task is to exploit Hurd features in [[GNU Guix|hurd/running/nix#guix]]. +See also: [Porting Guix to +GNU/Hurd](http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas-2014.html#guix_hurd). + Possible mentors: Ludovic Courtès, Ben Asselstine (bing) Exercise: Make some improvement to any of the existing Hurd translators. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 8d5e38666c0c14a2cace5d532e3e1226b82e7c69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 23:53:10 +0100 Subject: community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites: Implement Missing Interfaces for GNU Hurd. --- community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- open_issues/glibc.mdwn | 13 +++--- 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'community') diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn index 9ca6fe3e..0d92a0a7 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2014 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,7 +9,13 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -[[!meta title="Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites"]] +[[!meta title="Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites, Implement +Missing Interfaces"]] + +[[!toc]] + + +# Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites A number of software packages come with extensive testsuites. Some notable ones are [[open_issues/glibc]], gnulib, Perl, @@ -36,25 +43,61 @@ The goal is to analyze all failures in one or more of the listed testsuites, to find out what shortcomings in the Hurd implementation cause them (if any), and to fix at least some of these shortcomings. -Note that this task somewhat overlaps with the [[Perl/Python task|perl_python]] listed above. +Note that this task somewhat overlaps with the [[Perl/Python task|perl_python]]. Here the focus however is not on improving the support for any particular program, but on fixing general problems in the Hurd. -This is a very flexible task: +A complementary task is adding a proper [[open_issues/unit_testing]] framework +to the GNU Hurd's code base, and related packages. + + +# Implement Missing Interfaces for GNU Hurd + +A related project is to [implement missing interfaces for GNU +Hurd](http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas-2014.html#glibc_hurd_missing_interfaces) +([glibc +wiki](https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/GSoC#Implement_Missing_Interfaces_for_GNU_Hurd)), +primatily in [[open_issues/glibc#missing]]. + +In glibc's Linux kernel port, most simple POSIX interfaces are in fact just +forwarded to (implemented by) Linux kernel system calls. In contrast, in the +[[GNU Hurd port|/glibc]], the POSIX (and other) interfaces are actually +implemented in glibc on top of the [[Hurd RPC protocols|hurd/rpc]]. A few +examples: +[getuid](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/mach/hurd/getuid.c), +[open](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/mach/hurd/open.c), +[rmdir](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/mach/hurd/rmdir.c), +[setresuid](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/mach/hurd/setresuid.c), +[socketpair](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/mach/hurd/socketpair.c). + +When new interfaces are added to glibc (new editions of POSIX and similar +standards, support for new editions of C/C++ standards, new GNU-specific +extensions), generally [ENOSYS +stubs](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=posix/execve.c) are +added, which are then used as long as there is no real implementation, and +often these real implementations are only done for the Linux kernel port, but +not GNU Hurd. (This is because most of the contributors are primarily +interested in using glibc on Linux-based systems.) Also, there is quite a +backlog of [[missing implementations|open_issues/glibc#missing]] for GNU Hurd. + +In coordination with the [[GNU Hurd developers|mailing_lists/bug-hurd]], you'd +work on implementing such missing interfaces. + +--- + +These are very flexible tasks: while less experienced students should be able to tackle at least a few of the easier problems, other issues will be challenging even for experienced hackers. -No specific previous knowledge is required for this task; +No specific previous knowledge is required; only fairly decent C programming skills. While tracking down the various issues, the student will be digging into the inner workings of the Hurd, and thus gradually gaining the knowledge required for Hurd development in general. -A complementary task is adding a proper [[open_issues/unit_testing]] framework -to the GNU Hurd's code base, and related packages. - Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi) Exercise: Take a stab at one of the testsuite failures, +or missing implementation, and write a minimal testcase exposing the underlying problem. Actually fixing it would be a bonus of course -- but as it's hard to predict which issues will be easy and which will be tricky, diff --git a/open_issues/glibc.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc.mdwn index a16d2b8a..923ca99d 100644 --- a/open_issues/glibc.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/glibc.mdwn @@ -210,16 +210,15 @@ Last reviewed up to the [[Git mirror's 64a17f1adde4715bb6607f64decd73b2df9e6852 make[1]: Leaving directory `/media/boole-data/thomas/tmp/gnu-0/src/glibc' make: *** [all] Error 2 - * Missing interfaces, amongst many more. + * Missing Interfaces - IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-25: + We have posted a [[Google Summer of Code project proposal|community/gsoc]]: - youpi et al.: Is it a useful GSoC task to have the student - implement interfaces in glibc that we are currently missing? - tschwinge: definitely - tschwinge: probably + [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites" show=0 feeds=no + actions=yes]] - Many more are missing, some of which have been announced in `NEWS`, others + Many are missing for GNU Hurd, some of which have been announced in + [`NEWS`](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=NEWS), others typically haven't (like new flags to existing functions). Typically, porters will notice missing functionaly. But in case you're looking for something to work on, here's a bit of a commented list, otherwise go -- cgit v1.2.3 From 08fa84c9662c3ac2b0b0bb6284efc97b87bfc815 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:10:40 +0100 Subject: Interlink file locking issues. --- community/gsoc/project_ideas/file_locking.mdwn | 3 ++- open_issues/file_locking.mdwn | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- open_issues/glibc.mdwn | 10 +-------- open_issues/visudo.mdwn | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'community') diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/file_locking.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/file_locking.mdwn index 206d4d7d..ebb322f1 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/file_locking.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/file_locking.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012 Free Software Foundation, +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ A preliminary patch is [[!GNU_Savannah_patch 332 desc="available"]]. Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi) Exercise: Find one of the existing issues, either by looking at the task/bug +filed on [[open_issues/file_locking]], on trackers on savannah, or by trying things out yourself; and take a go at it. Note though that most of these issues are probably not trivial -- it's quite likely that you won't be able to actually fix any of them in the time available diff --git a/open_issues/file_locking.mdwn b/open_issues/file_locking.mdwn index 563307a4..7dfbdb94 100644 --- a/open_issues/file_locking.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/file_locking.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2014 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -10,7 +11,25 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_hurd open_issue_glibc]] -IRC, #hurd, 2010-12-31. +[[!toc]] + + +# Google Summer of Code Project Idea + +[[community/gsoc/project_ideas/File_Locking]]. + + +# visudo + +[[visudo]]. + + +# Existing Work + +[[!GNU_Savannah_patch 332]]. + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2010-12-31 youpi: i found the issue with python-apt s/with/of/ @@ -72,3 +91,8 @@ IRC, #hurd, 2010-12-31. ah, no, on Linux flock is its own system call (which is independant from lockf from the locking point of view, iirc) + + +# 2014-03-11 + +[[!message-id "1394523876.28244.11.camel@workhorse-peter-baumgarten-com"]]. diff --git a/open_issues/glibc.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc.mdwn index 923ca99d..33041e71 100644 --- a/open_issues/glibc.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/glibc.mdwn @@ -1853,15 +1853,7 @@ Last reviewed up to the [[Git mirror's 64a17f1adde4715bb6607f64decd73b2df9e6852 teythoon: i think it should be in glibc maybe in mach/ - * POSIX record locking - - IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-27: - - tschwinge: schould POSIX record locking be on - http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/open_issues/glibc/#missing - as well. or is that strictly a Hurd thing? (I don't remember) - azeem_: Neither do I :-), but I'll have a look later - on. + * [[POSIX file record locking|file_locking]] * `execve` with relative paths diff --git a/open_issues/visudo.mdwn b/open_issues/visudo.mdwn index e9892e33..4e87fd8d 100644 --- a/open_issues/visudo.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/visudo.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ visudo does not work: /etc/sudoers is busy, try again later -Apparently there is some locking that sudo does which does not +Apparently there is some [[file_locking]] that sudo does which does not work. Uninvestigated for now. One can just edit the /etc/sudoers file and take care of correctness by hand. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 0ce632f1ef115b00ffb059eb74a97252aefa4025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:31:49 +0100 Subject: Improve rendering of inlined pages. --- community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn | 5 +++-- hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'community') diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn index 0d92a0a7..00484efa 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Missing Interfaces"]] [[!toc]] -# Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites +[[!if test="!included()" then="#" else="###"]] Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites + A number of software packages come with extensive testsuites. Some notable ones are [[open_issues/glibc]], gnulib, Perl, @@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ A complementary task is adding a proper [[open_issues/unit_testing]] framework to the GNU Hurd's code base, and related packages. -# Implement Missing Interfaces for GNU Hurd +[[!if test="!included()" then="#" else="###"]] Implement Missing Interfaces in glibc for GNU Hurd A related project is to [implement missing interfaces for GNU Hurd](http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas-2014.html#glibc_hurd_missing_interfaces) diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn index 168823bf..97af245c 100644 --- a/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Just in case you were wondering: the *root* password is empty. instructions, please see the [[hurd/running/QEMU]] page."]] -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-10 +[[!if test="!included()" then="#" else="###"]] IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-10 scp doesn't work either what ? @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ instructions, please see the [[hurd/running/QEMU]] page."]] i don't have that problem -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-11 +[[!if test="!included()" then="##" else="####"]] IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-11 braunr: mcsims scp problem is b/c youpis images echo stuff from the .bashrc or something -- cgit v1.2.3 From 9315421090088924c66a8f6e97ee3e0105d17617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:36:08 +0100 Subject: GSoC 2014. --- community/gsoc.mdwn | 20 +++--- community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn | 93 ++++++++++++++++------------ community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn | 2 +- news/2014-03-16-gsoc.mdwn | 15 +++++ sidebar.mdwn | 12 +++- 5 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) create mode 100644 news/2014-03-16-gsoc.mdwn (limited to 'community') diff --git a/community/gsoc.mdwn b/community/gsoc.mdwn index e6f07822..5a373014 100644 --- a/community/gsoc.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Free Software -Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Free +Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -11,24 +11,28 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Google Summer of Code"]] + - As we only have finite resources (meaning that we won't be able to accept all GNU Hurd applications even if we wanted to), we will eventually need to make a @@ -37,7 +41,6 @@ with us, be it by answering the evaluators' questions on your proposal's page, or by talking to us on the [[mailing_lists]] or on [[IRC]]. At this time, it is important for us to get a good impression about the seriousness you're showing with your application. ---> If you intend to apply for any such projects in the future, it's a good idea to already start perparing for it now: the sooner, the better. @@ -47,14 +50,12 @@ send in some basic patches (as mentioned in our [[student_application_form]]), and talk to us on the [[mailing_lists]] or on [[IRC]], for example about the principal steps you're planning on doing in your intended work area. - If you have any questions, don't be shy: please ask! Nobody expects you to know everything. Even for the long-term Hurd contributors it is common to @@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ discussing with our GNU peers about how to split these up among all the GNU subprojects. --> - # Possible projects We have a list of [[project_ideas]], and students are likewise encouraged to diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn index 39797ba0..262ead82 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn @@ -74,41 +74,58 @@ After all, the purpose of GSoC is to introduce you to free software development before the end of the application process, with our help -- contact us, and we will assist you as well as we can. -See also the list of [Hurd-related X.Org project -ideas](http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/Hurd_Porting), and [Debian GNU/Hurd -Debianish -initialization](http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects#Debian_GNU.2FHurd_Debianish_initialization). - - - -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/virtualization" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/file_locking" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/gdb" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/tcp_ip_stack" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/sound" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/disk_io_performance" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/vm_tuning" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnumach_cleanup" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/xmlfs" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/lexical_dot-dot" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/secure_chroot" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/download_backends" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/hardware_libs" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/cdparanoia" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/perl_python" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/testing_framework" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/libcap" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/valgrind" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/dtrace" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] -[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/libdiskfs_locking" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] +Here is a list of project ideas, followed by all project ideas inlined. + +[[!inline show=0 feeds=no archive=yes template="titlepage" pagenames="{{$project_ideas}}"]] + +Additional ideas have been posted in [[!message-id +"87zjkyhp5f.fsf@kepler.schwinge.homeip.net"]], but have not yet been integrated +here and elsewhere. Keywords: *bootstrap-vz*, *buildbot*, *ceph*, *clang*, +*cloud*, *continuous integration*, *debian*, *eudyptula challenge*, *gcc front +end*, *gdb*, *grub*, *guile*, *learning system*, *llvm*, *lttng*, *rump +kernels*, *samba*, *sbcl*, *smbfs*, *steel bank common lisp*, *subhurd*, +*systemtap*, *teaching system*, *tracing*, *virtio*, *x.org*, *xen*, *xorg*. +As well as any other ideas you might have, these are likewise applicable for +projects. + +All project ideas inlined: + +[[!inline show=0 feeds=no actions=yes pagenames="{{$project_ideas}}"]] + + +[[!ymlfront data=""" + +project_ideas: + + "community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings + community/gsoc/project_ideas/virtualization + community/gsoc/project_ideas/file_locking + community/gsoc/project_ideas/gdb + community/gsoc/project_ideas/tcp_ip_stack + community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs + community/gsoc/project_ideas/sound + community/gsoc/project_ideas/disk_io_performance + community/gsoc/project_ideas/vm_tuning + community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnumach_cleanup + community/gsoc/project_ideas/xmlfs + community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot + community/gsoc/project_ideas/lexical_dot-dot + community/gsoc/project_ideas/secure_chroot + community/gsoc/project_ideas/package_manager + community/gsoc/project_ideas/download_backends + community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath + community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat + community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo + community/gsoc/project_ideas/hardware_libs + community/gsoc/project_ideas/cdparanoia + community/gsoc/project_ideas/perl_python + community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites + community/gsoc/project_ideas/testing_framework + community/gsoc/project_ideas/libcap + community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr + community/gsoc/project_ideas/valgrind + community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code + community/gsoc/project_ideas/dtrace + community/gsoc/project_ideas/libdiskfs_locking" + +"""]] diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn index 00484efa..451c8c5f 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/testsuites.mdwn @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Fix Compatibility Problems Exposed by Testsuites, Implement -Missing Interfaces"]] +Missing Interfaces in glibc for GNU Hurd"]] [[!toc]] diff --git a/news/2014-03-16-gsoc.mdwn b/news/2014-03-16-gsoc.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7bcbcdca --- /dev/null +++ b/news/2014-03-16-gsoc.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta date="2014-03-16 15:45 UTC"]] + +The **Google Summer of Code 2014** is on! If you're a student, consider +applying for a GNU Hurd project -- details to be found on our +[[community/GSoC]] and [[community/gsoc/project_ideas]] pages. diff --git a/sidebar.mdwn b/sidebar.mdwn index e8b69a93..a5daebe5 100644 --- a/sidebar.mdwn +++ b/sidebar.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Free -Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 +Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] Welcome to... 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