Hello all,
I would like to bring up the discussion of whether our project should apply for GSoC this year. Jakub Jermar (HelenOS) encouraged me to do so and I like this idea. The application of mentoring organizations is open until 9th of March:
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/02/mentoring-organization-applica...
I propose to select 5 working topics as potential GSoC projects, taking our "challenges" and "roadmap" as inspiration:
http://genode.org/about/challenges http://genode.org/about/road-map
Of course, we are open to further suggestions. If you have one, please go ahead and tell us! For each of the topics, we will need to provide a rationale about
* Why do we think it is a good idea to pursue the work, * Where it fits into the scope of our project, and * Why we think it is feasible to achieve the goal during the summer.
Furthermore, we should try to plan ahead working steps as far as we see them. For doing this, the GitHub issue tracker would be the ideal place.
One particular topic that Jakub brought up is combining Genode with the HelenOS kernel (called SPARTAN). Personally, I think this would be a technically intriguing topic and also a good opportunity to cultivate the relationship between the HelenOS team and Genode.
So what do you think? Do you agree that GSoC participation is a good idea? Are you interested in playing a role in it, as mentor, or student participant? I would be glad about feedback from you.
Cheers Norman