From 65ff6235223233e0a8994eed7bbaede0417e1d4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:15:33 +0100 Subject: community/gsoc/project_ideas: Update. --- community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn | 2 +- community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn | 5 +++++ community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn | 11 +++++++--- community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn | 14 +++++++++---- .../gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn | 11 ++++++---- .../namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn | 18 ++++++++-------- community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn | 10 ++++++--- community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn | 24 +++++++++++----------- community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn | 12 ++++++++--- community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn | 4 ++-- 10 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) (limited to 'community') diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn index ce289f7b..5d42b5c6 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ other: language_bindings, gnat, gccgo, perl_python. --> [[!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/tmpfs" 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]] @@ -113,3 +112,4 @@ other: language_bindings, gnat, gccgo, perl_python. --> [[!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]] diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn index 43682e8b..37dcc72d 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/debian_installer.mdwn @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ is included in the section entitled [[!meta title="Port the Debian Installer to the Hurd"]] +[!] Jérémie Koenig has been working on this as a [[Google Summer of Code +2010|2010]] project. + +--- + The primary means of distributing the Hurd is through Debian GNU/Hurd. However, the installation CDs presently use an ancient, non-native installer. The situation could be much improved by making sure that the newer *Debian diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn index 26f5a91b..54b20754 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 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 @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Porting Google Go (GCC: gccgo)"]] - - The goal of this project is to make the [Google Go programming language](http://golang.org/) available on GNU/Hurd in its [[GCC]] *gccgo* implementation. @@ -23,7 +21,14 @@ Apart from a solid knowledge of the [[POSIX]] API, working knowledge of the Google Go programming language is a must. Some Hurd knowledge will have to be acquired while working on the project. +Designing and implementing [[language_bindings]] is a follow-up project. + Possible mentors: Ian Lance Taylor: gccgo bits, [[Thomas Schwinge (tschwinge)|tschwinge]]: Hurd bits. Exercise: Fix one of the problems preventing *gccgo* from working on the Hurd. + +--- + +[[Open Issue page|open_issues/gccgo]]. [Entry in the GCC +wiki](http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#gccgo_hurd). diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn index f78c1f64..fef26353 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gnat.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2011, 2012 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 @@ -10,8 +11,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Porting GNAT (GCC)"]] - - The GNU Ada Translator (GNAT) isn't available for the Hurd so far. There are also a number of other Debian packages depending on GNAT, and thus not buildable on the Hurd. @@ -21,7 +20,14 @@ requires implementing some explicitly system-specific stuff in GNAT, and maybe fixing a few other problems. Good knowledge of Ada is a must; some Hurd knowledge will have to be acquired while working on the project. -Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi), [[Thomas Schwinge +Designing and implementing [[language_bindings]] is a follow-up project. + +Possible mentors: [[Samuel Thibault (youpi)|samuelthibault]], [[Thomas Schwinge (tschwinge)|tschwinge]]. Exercise: Fix one of the problems preventing GNAT from working on the Hurd. + +--- + +[[Open Issue page|open_issues/gnat]]. [Entry in the GCC +wiki](http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#gnat_hurd). diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn index 6b36c50d..d9a426be 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, -Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 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 @@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ These more specialized bindings could hook in at some of the lower level library interfaces ([[hurd/libports]], [[hurd/glibc]], etc.); use the [[microkernel/mach/MIG]]-provided [[microkernel/mach/RPC]] stubs directly; or even create native stubs directly from the interface definitions. The -[[lisp_bindings_created_by_Flavio_Cruz|flaviocruz]] in last year's GSoC mostly -use the latter approach, and can serve as a good example. +[[lisp_bindings_created_by_Flavio_Cruz|flaviocruz]] as his [[2008 GSoC +project|2008]] mostly use the latter approach, and can serve as a good example. +In his [[2011 GSoC project|2011]], Jérémie Koenig designed and began +implementing an object-oriented interface; see his [[Java status +page|user/jkoenig/java]] for details. There is another possible reason for preferring lower-level bindings: Presently, the Hurd server libraries use the cthreads threading library, which diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn index 67e3fc28..f668b6f2 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/namespace-based_translator_selection.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,22 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012 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="Namespace-based Translator Selection"]] +[!] [[Sergiu Ivanov|scolobb]] has been working *voluntarily* on this task an +inofficial GSoC 2008 participant. Not all the desired functionality is in +place yet, though. + +--- + The main idea behind the Hurd is to make (almost) all system functionality user-modifiable ([[extensible_system|extensibility]]). This includes a user-modifiable filesystem: the whole filesystem is implemented decentrally, by @@ -75,8 +82,3 @@ Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik) Exercise: Try to make some modification to the existing unionfs and/or firmlink translators. (More specific suggestions welcome... :-) ) - -*Status*: Sergiu Ivanov has been working *voluntarily* on -[[namespace-based_translator_selection|scolobb]], as an inofficial GSoC 2008 -participant! Not all the desired functionality is in place yet; work is -ongoing. diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn index e7c18324..d4980279 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/nfs.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012 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="Improved NFS Implementation"]] @@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ has been done for a former GSoC application -- it might give you some pointers. But don't take any of the statements made there for granted -- check the facts yourself! +A bigger subtask is the [[libnetfs: `io_map`|open_issues/libnetfs_io_map]] +issue. + This task, [[!GNU_Savannah_task 5497]], has no special prerequisites besides general programming skills, and an interest in file systems and network protocols. diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn index 0434ab9c..e6b484af 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/procfs.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable @@ -6,11 +6,20 @@ 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="procfs"]] +[!] Madhusudan.C.S has implemented a new, fully functional +[[procfs|madhusudancs]] as a [[GSoC 2008 project|2008]]. + +[!] This was not the end of the story: [[jkoenig's +`procfs`|hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig]] is yet another re-written and +improved version. + +--- + Although there is no standard (POSIX or other) for the layout of the `/proc` pseudo-filesystem, it turned out a very useful facility in GNU/Linux and other systems, and many tools concerned with process management use it. (`ps`, `top`, @@ -41,12 +50,3 @@ existing Linux `/proc` interface -- no design considerations necessary. Possible mentors: Olaf Buddenhagen (antrik) Exercise: Add or fix one piece in the existing procfs translator. - -*Status*: Madhusudan.C.S has implemented a new, fully functional [[procfs|madhusudancs]] for -GSoC 2008. He is still working on some outstanding issues. - ---- - -Note that this was not the end of the story: [[jkoenig's -`procfs`|hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig]] is yet another re-written and -improved version. diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn index 63b4effe..c38c6da8 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tmpfs.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,21 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2012 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="Fix tmpfs"]] +[!] [[Maksym_Planeta]] has been making good progress here; status is tracked at +[[here|hurd/translator/tmpfs/discussion]]. + +--- + In some situations it is desirable to have a file system that is not backed by actual disk storage, but only by anonymous memory, i.e. lives in the RAM (and possibly swap space). diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn index 7178d826..8ec4c42e 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr.mdwn @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Completing this project will require digging into some parts of the Hurd, but it should be quite doable without previous Hurd experience. Some experience with xattrs might help a bit, but shouldn't be really necessary either. -Some previous work on xattr support is available in [[!GNU_Savannah_patch -5126]], and might serve as a starting point. +Some previous work on xattr support is [[available|open_issues/xattr]], and +might serve as a starting point. Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi) -- cgit v1.2.3