[gentoo-soc] gentoo soc openbsd port

[gentoo-soc] gentoo soc openbsd port

[heroxbd]

Dear Patrick,

I am interested in your proposed Gentoo/OpenBSD project in gentoo soc
page[1], and am planning to apply to work as a gsoc2011 student.

My main OS is Debian, while recently[3] I made exclusively use of Gentoo
Prefix[2] (being a part of Gentoo-Alt, as Gentoo/OpenBSD) and developped
some basic taste of Gentoo, on x86-linux, amd64-linux and ppc-aix.

My program skill includes Python, C/C++, bash and a little bit of perl,
lisp. I developped some ebuild skills when patching for Gentoo Prefix.
My GNU/Linux experience is since 2003 with a tiny touch on BSD systems
like FreeBSD, Mac OS X. The main attraction of OpenBSD to me is its
supereme portability.

I think I am suitable for this project under your mentor. And I hope
after such I can become a Gentoo-Alt developper candidate.

What is the next step to make a application to google?

Yours,
Benda

1. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/soc/ideas.xml#doc_chap2_sect27
2. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix
3. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.alt/5473/focus=5482
-- 
XU Benda
Research Center for Neutrino Science
Tohoku University
JAPAN

http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/~benda

Re: [gentoo-soc] gentoo soc openbsd port

[Donnie Berkholz]

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On 13:40 Thu 24 Mar     , heroxbd@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear Patrick,
> 
> I am interested in your proposed Gentoo/OpenBSD project in gentoo soc
> page[1], and am planning to apply to work as a gsoc2011 student.
> 
> My main OS is Debian, while recently[3] I made exclusively use of Gentoo
> Prefix[2] (being a part of Gentoo-Alt, as Gentoo/OpenBSD) and developped
> some basic taste of Gentoo, on x86-linux, amd64-linux and ppc-aix.
> 
> My program skill includes Python, C/C++, bash and a little bit of perl,
> lisp. I developped some ebuild skills when patching for Gentoo Prefix.
> My GNU/Linux experience is since 2003 with a tiny touch on BSD systems
> like FreeBSD, Mac OS X. The main attraction of OpenBSD to me is its
> supereme portability.
> 
> I think I am suitable for this project under your mentor. And I hope
> after such I can become a Gentoo-Alt developper candidate.
> 
> What is the next step to make a application to google?

Benda,

You might want to go ahead and submit an application based on the plan 
you should have or will soon develop. Hopefully you've been in contact 
with our BSD/Alt team via their mailing list and IRC channel; if not, 
consider doing that first. Please follow the below guides when you do 
apply to improve your chances of success:

- http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/soc/applying.xml
- http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/_v/1.0/writing-a-proposal/
- http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/03/dos-and-donts-of-google-summer-of-code.html

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Admin, Summer of Code
Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.com

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Re: [gentoo-soc] gentoo soc openbsd port

[Fabian Groffen]

Hi Benda,

On 24-03-2011 13:40:25 +0900, heroxbd@gmail.com wrote:
> My GNU/Linux experience is since 2003 with a tiny touch on BSD systems
> like FreeBSD, Mac OS X. The main attraction of OpenBSD to me is its
> supereme portability.

I don't recall which one anymore, but one of OpenBSD and NetBSD turned
out to be impossible to do anything useful with, as experienced by one
of the most skilled hacker I know.  Either way, both OpenBSD and NetBSD
are a major pain.  The "supreme portability" of OpenBSD definitely
doesn't apply to getting other software to run on the platform itself.

> I think I am suitable for this project under your mentor. And I hope
> after such I can become a Gentoo-Alt developper candidate.

Your project becomes much more valuable when you can indicate a
continuous support to the port/variant for a fair bit of the forseeable
future.  One of the best examples why it is a waste to just see if you
can get it to work is Gentoo/Alt itself.  Some platforms in the Prefix
project are really deserted, and Gentoo/FreeBSD has IMO never flourished
again after its most devoted developer decided to move on to the next
challenge.

> What is the next step to make a application to google?

Donnie gave an excellent answer on the administrative steps in his reply.


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level