List possible mentors for (some) projects

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@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ already been ported to Hurd (ECL), and CFFI is also packaged. As far as Scheme
 is concerned, 14 [R5RS](http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/)
 implementations are provided and 1 [R6RS](http://www.r6rs.org/).
 
-Pierre THIERRY would mentor creation of bindings for either Common Lisp or
-Scheme with their FFI (and welcome any attempt).
+Possible mentors: Pierre THIERRY (nowhere_man) for Common Lisp or Scheme, and perhaps Python
 
 
 ## Virtualization Using Hurd Mechanisms
@@ -161,6 +160,8 @@ Completing this project will require gaining a very good understanding of the
 Hurd architecture and spirit. Previous experience with other virtualization
 solutions would be very helpful.
 
+Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
+
 
 ## Namspace-based Translator Selection
 
@@ -225,6 +226,8 @@ programming; but the implementation should not be too hard. Perhaps the hardest
 part is finding a convenient, flexible, elegant, hurdish method for mapping the
 special extensions to actual translators...
 
+Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
+
 
 ## Fix File Locking
 
@@ -240,6 +243,8 @@ them.
 This task will require digging into parts of the code to understand how file
 locking works on the Hurd. Only general programming skills are required.
 
+Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi)
+
 
 ## `procfs`
 
@@ -270,6 +275,8 @@ exising Linux `/proc` interface -- no design considerations necessary.
 
 **Note**: We already have several applications for this task.
 
+Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
+
 
 ## New Driver Glue Code
 
@@ -293,6 +300,8 @@ required, though.)
 
 This is [[GNU_Savannah_task 5488]].
 
+Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi)
+
 
 ## Server Overriding Mechanism
 
@@ -351,6 +360,8 @@ discussing this topic, from a last year's GSoC application -- see
 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-06/msg00082.html>,
 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2008-03/msg00039.html>.
 
+Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
+
 
 ## `dtrace` Support
 
@@ -376,6 +387,8 @@ in their Mach-based kernel might be helpful here...)
 This project requires ability to evaluate possible solutions, and experience
 with integrating existing components as well as low-level programming.
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Hurdish TCP/IP Stack
 
@@ -400,6 +413,8 @@ translator programming, as well as good knowledge of TCP/IP.
 
 This is [[GNU_Savannah_task 5469]].
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Improved NFS Implementation
 
@@ -418,6 +433,8 @@ important for now, and shall be the major focus of this project.
 This task, [[GNU_Savannah_task 5497]], has no special prerequisites besides general programming skills, and
 an interest in file systems and network protocols.
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Fix `libdiskfs` Locking Issues
 
@@ -437,6 +454,8 @@ implementing unit checks in other parts of the Hurd codebase...)
 This task requires experience with debugging locking issues in multithreaded
 applications.
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Convert Hurd Libraries and Servers to pthreads
 
@@ -472,6 +491,8 @@ This project requires relatively little Hurd-specific knowledge. Experience
 with multithreaded programming in general and pthreads in particular is
 required, though.
 
+Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi)
+
 
 ## Sound Support
 
@@ -496,6 +517,8 @@ to come up with an appropriate design.
 Another option would be to evaluate whether a driver that is completely running
 in user-space is feasible.  <!-- TODO.  Elaborate.  -->
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Disk I/O Performance Tuning
 
@@ -518,6 +541,8 @@ optimising complex systems.  That said, the killing feature we are definitely
 missing is the read-ahead, and even a very simple implementation would bring
 very big performance speedups.
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## VM Tuning
 
@@ -539,6 +564,8 @@ VM, and virtual memory in general.
 
 This project is related to [[GNU_Savannah_task 5489]].
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## `mtab`
 
@@ -599,6 +626,8 @@ implement both the actual [[mtab_translator|hurd/translator/mtabfs]], and the
 necessery interface(s) for gathering the data.  It requires getting a good
 understanding of the translator mechanism and Hurd interfaces in general.
 
+Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
+
 
 ## GNU Mach Code Cleanup
 
@@ -631,6 +660,8 @@ This task requires good knowledge of C, and experience with working on a large
 existing code base.  Previous kernel hacking experience is an advantage, but
 not really necessary.
 
+Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi)
+
 
 ## `xmlfs`
 
@@ -670,6 +701,8 @@ This task requires pretty good designing skills.  Good knowledge of XML is also
 necessary.  Learning translator programming will obviously be necessary to
 complete the task.
 
+Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik)
+
 
 ## Allow Using `unionfs` Early at Boot
 
@@ -705,6 +738,8 @@ Completing this task will require gaining a very good understanding of the Hurd
 boot process and other parts of the design.  It requires some design skills
 also to come up with a working mechanism.
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Fix `tmpfs`
 
@@ -735,6 +770,8 @@ implementation.  It requires digging into some parts of the Hurd, incuding the
 [[pager_interface|hurd/libpager]] and [[hurd/translator]] programming.  This
 task probably doesn't require any design work, only good debugging skills.
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Lexical `..` Resolution
 
@@ -759,6 +796,8 @@ mechanism. It's probably a relatively easy task.
 
 See also [[GNU_Savannah_bug 17133]].
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Secure `chroot` implementation
 
@@ -785,6 +824,8 @@ new mechanisms.  (Translators.)  More important than the acualy code is the
 documentation of what he did: he must be able to defend why he chose a certain
 approach, and explain why he believes this approach really secure.
 
+Possible mentors: ?
+
 
 ## Hurdish Package Manager for the GNU System
 
@@ -822,6 +863,8 @@ dependencies on other packages.
 
 The goal of this task is to create these mechanisms.
 
+Possible mentors: Ben Asselstine (bing)
+
 
 ## Port the Debian Installer to the Hurd
 
@@ -835,3 +878,5 @@ Some preliminary work has been done, see
 
 The goal is to have the Debian Installer fully working on the Hurd.  It
 requires relatively little Hurd-specific knowledge.
+
+Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi)