From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: Re: GSoC ideas Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:11:33 -0800 Message-ID: <871t8khuhi.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <20160206113802.GA17867@thebird.nl> <87mvre2eyz.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpqhu0t1.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87si11r4md.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9hhy1ej.fsf@dustycloud.org> <20160210061254.GB3199@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTgjL-0003YR-0Y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:11:39 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTgjK-000813-27 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:11:38 -0500 In-reply-to: <20160210061254.GB3199@thebird.nl> 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Pjotr Prins writes: > On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 02:17:08PM -0800, Christopher Allan Webber wrot= e: >> >> - g-expressions which generate packages of the Guix package manage= r for >> >> .deb and .rpm based distros, and work to get those upstream in D= ebian >> >> and Fedora >> > >> > That would be useful, and CheckInstall may be good enough for that. = I >> > don=E2=80=99t think it=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cenough=E2=80=9D for GSoC, = though. WDYT? >>=20 >> If the student was really to package Guix for many distributions, it >> might be enough. Especially if that student was to explore packaging >> with upstream. Anyway, the payout could be *huge*. > > One thing to keep in mind is that GSoC is about programming. So, we > have to be clear about that in the proposal. > >> If they finish early, I'm sure we could find other things for them to >> do? :) > > Better to put a secondary job in - such as improving the web-ui or > creating a tool for importing deb packages, or something. Students > will come if they think the job challenging/interesting enough. > > Pj. So, while we're on the topic of hopes and dreams that I might *personally* love to see solved through GSoC, but maybe people will be like "That's not enough of a GSoC programming project".... npm packaging and importer. Even better: enough npm packaging and importing to where we package pump.io :) It might not be the most fun GSoC project though?