Re: Mentor?

> Hallo!
>
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:50:12 -0500, Tyler Earman <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > Unfortunately I've gone into the corporate world so I can't have the fun
> > of the GSoC project anymore, but I'm still interested in helping out and
> > doing some work on the GNU/Hurd.
>
> Welcome!
>
> > I've not worked on kernels before and I'd like to move into working on
> > it while learning the important information that I need to know to do
> > so; so would one of you gentlemen (or ladies) be willing to act as a
>
> Heh, I've never seens any ladies over here, I think.'
>

I was hoping I might've gotten lucky :)


>
> > mentor for me to start working on the project when I can?
> >
> > What I'd like is someone who can initially point me in the right
> > direction for books/information I need to read, then help out as I start
> > coding on the project, providing feedback as necessary.
>
> Olaf, what do you think; should he just do a project parallel to GSoC?
> That is, pick one of the projects from
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/community/gsoc/project_ideas.html>?  Or
> are these too big (how much time can you roughly invest in this?);


I don't have as much per-week time to dedicate to a project, but I can
dedicate longer stretches of time, I intend to be working into this stuff
over the next few years


> then
> we could find something smaller.  Tyler, please start with reading
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html>, and the GSoC
> application suggestions,
> <
> http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/community/gsoc/student_application_form.html
> >,
> may be worth reading too, even though most of that won't be directly
> applicable in your case, but it should help you find a topic.
>

Maybe I'm dreaming of grandeur, but rewriting the TCP/IP stack is looking
like an interesting project.  I'll have to do a lot to build up to that
point but I'm interested in working on that aspect of it from what's stated
on the GSOC project page.



>
> Another popular starter's project, after getting a GNU/Hurd system going,
> would be making your favorite Debian package (or Arch Hurd package, of
> course) build, if it doesn't already.
>

I'll get started on that soon.


>
>
> Grüße,
>  Thomas
>