[gentoo-soc] Your part on ideas/issues for Google Summer of Code 2010

[Sebastian Pipping <sping@gentoo.org>]

Hello there!


GSOC 2010 isn't too far away anymore, quite close actually.
I noticed that the list of current GSOC'10 ideas [1] is more or less
the list of last year...

As GSOC is a big chance for Gentoo to get real needs filled by
people who actually have time (and no excuses ;-)) ..

   it is extra important in my eyes to have stuff in
   that list that really makes a difference

to a larger group of people, i.e. any subset of Gentoo users and/or
developers.

Therefore I would like to start an extra round of brainstorming.

   Please ask yourself:

   1. What current Gentoo-related projects of yours
      have "outsourcable" tasks to fill?

   2. What other needs in Gentoo with need for manpower
      are "outsourcable" but not in the current list of ideas?

A list of things I thought of can be found at the bottom of this mail.
That list is the reason why you're all in CC, if you're still wondering:

No please have a look at that list and talk back to us.



Sebastian


[1] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010_ideas

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@all
"upstream release tracker"  (brought up by ikelos on g-core recently)
potential resources:
- oswatershed
  - http://oswatershed.org/
  - http://github.com/tannewt/open-source-watershed
- Debian watch files
  - http://wiki.debian.org/DEHS
  - http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uscan&sektion=1


@all
"overlay clean-up website"
a website helping overlay maintainers to detect cruft and errors:
- ebuilds with newer versions in other trees
- ebuilds with critical repoman failures


@bugday  (i.e. @deathwing00 + @gurligebis)
re-write bugday website
(unless you want to do it all yourself)


@zmedico
implement a bunch of repoman checks
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=repoman


@zmedico
Native Portage Multilib Support?
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145737


@ruby
wasn't there some bigger ruby-task for an earlier gsoc
that never got implemented though a good proposal was
posted?  anything you would like to "give away"?


Notable "external" services
  @beandog
    - http://znurt.org/
  @damage
    - http://portagefilelist.de/
  @mikevalstar
    - http://gentoo-portage.com/
  @ycarus
    - http://gpo.zugaina.org/
    - http://gentoo-portage.zugaina.org/
  <more here>


Another reminder (repetition is king :-)):

   1. What current Gentoo-related projects of yours
      have "outsourcable" tasks to fill?

   2. What other needs in Gentoo with need for manpower
      are "outsourcable" but not in the current list of ideas?