From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Ideas for Summer of Code 2018 anyone? Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 21:18:01 +0000 Message-ID: <20180113211801.ssmtiosdc3raughh@abyayala> References: <87o9m0p1p3.fsf@gnu.org> <20180113193229.qvz4jyj46744s23j@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xld35cqovrbmywkr" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51620) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaSG1-0001pU-9a for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:18:26 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaSFz-0000jV-OH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:18:25 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: =?utf-8?B?R8OhYm9y?= Boskovits Cc: Guix-devel --xld35cqovrbmywkr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable G=C3=A1bor Boskovits transcribed 13K bytes: > 2018-01-13 20:32 GMT+01:00 ng0 : >=20 > > G=C3=A1bor Boskovits transcribed 6.9K bytes: > > > I've checked last the list from last year. > > > > > > It seems to me that the RISCV port might be more important than ever = in > > the > > > face of Spectre. > > > > It doesn't really fix that and suffer from it aswell, but a port to it > > would be great for the other obvious reasons. > > > > > Current implementations seem not to be affected. > Also mitigating problems like this, provided that we have rtl level > open source designs have a much better chance. We have this > for example for Freedom: https://github.com/sifive/freedom. > And yes, porting would be great for other reasons too. >=20 > What I currently miss from the field of open hardware the most > is an open source FPGA. This could really close the gap we > are now having, and we could make really fully open hardware. > An open sourced FPGA design would be important not for > manifaturing, but to allow checking it. It is not unheard of > buggy FPGA-s. However,I don't think that this will happen any > time soon. >=20 > > The shepherd systemd semantics would be also nice to have. > > > I consider the syntax less important. > > > It would be also nice to create a service or set of services to make > > > administration experience > > > similar to a systemd sytem. For example the functionality of journalc= tl > > > would be nice to have. > > > > That is one goal that can be defined 'log view' and discussed. > > The rest above is not very clear, lots of guessing. > > > > > Even a howto on configuring guixds to have the equivalent services of > > > systemd would > > > benefit adoptation, and it could point to functionality missing in our > > > system compared to > > > systemd. > > > > > What I actually is journalctl, and a status display like systemctl status. > It is great that work is in progress in this area, I was not aware of 'log > view'. There is no work on a log viewer. I just suggested it again, for the GSoC. > I think it would also be great if we could give pointers how to replicate: >=20 > localectl > networkctl > resolved > systemctl > timedatectl >=20 > functions. People coming from a systemd background could have a > document to find the appropriate sections in our manuals. >=20 >=20 > > I don't think we need everything systemd has, or do we? > > What are you personally or work related missing, besides the obvious > > amount of services? > > > > I myself was missing an easy, less scheme focused way to create operati= ng > > systems, so I'm working on that. To get to why I mention this: I though= t it > > was too obvious, but most of the time the things that are too obvious > > are not being worked on because they are too obvious. > > > > I would very much like to have an build log reader+browser as mentioned > > here > > in the past. Today I've pointed someone to /var/log/guix/drvs/ and just > > gave > > the note to use `find -name '*thingtosearchfor*'` and copy it to $home, > > extract and view it. > > > > > > > > 2018-01-11 21:42 GMT+01:00 Ludovic Court=C3=A8s : > > > > > > > Hello Guix! > > > > > > > > It=E2=80=99s time to prepare for GSoC again! > > > > > > > > We need to collect ideas, presumably based on > > > > , in a new > > > > =E2=80=9CGSoC-2018=E2=80=9D page on that wiki. > > > > > > > > Let=E2=80=99s add new ideas to > > > > ! > > > > > > > > Does someone want to take care of coordinating with Giuseppe Scriva= no > > > > and others at summer-of-code@gnu.org? (Essentially sending them the > > URL > > > > of the idea list and monitoring the list.) > > > > > > > > Ludo=E2=80=99. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Tov=C3=A1b=C3=ADtott lev=C3=A9l ---------- > > > > From: Giuseppe Scrivano > > > > To: GNU Summer Of Code > > > > Cc: > > > > Bcc: > > > > Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:06:53 +0100 > > > > Subject: [IMPORTANT] Ideas for Summer of Code 2018 > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > Google is accepting applications for the next Summer of Code and as > > > > usual we are going to apply for it. Jos=C3=A9, Darshit and myself a= re going > > > > to manage the presence of GNU. > > > > > > > > We should start thinking about a list of ideas for the next Summer = of > > > > Code and potential mentors. > > > > > > > > This is the list of ideas we had last year: > > > > > > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/ideas-2017.html > > > > > > > > Is there anything left undone that can be reused this year? > > > > > > > > Please start sending ideas to add to the page and link them to the > > > > potential mentors that can help with it. > > > > > > > > Please send the html snippet for the ideas page, something like: > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --------------------- > > > >

GNU > > FOO

> > > > > > > >

GNU FOO maintains their list of ideas for GSOC in an external > > > > webpage: > > > href=3D"http://foo.org/wanted.html";>http://foo.org/wanted.html. > > > >

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