From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jg4Mx-0002p0-U7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:43:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C1F0E03EF; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:43:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailstore.bawue.net (mailstore.bawue.net [193.7.176.63]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD174E03EF for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:43:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.6] (p57B4D302.dip.t-dialin.net [87.180.211.2]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore.bawue.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D53538A83 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:43:09 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [gnap-dev] student application/ideas for SoC 2008 From: Philipp Riegger To: gnap-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <47EFC1CD.60706@seznam.cz> References: <47EFC1CD.60706@seznam.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:43:07 +0200 Message-Id: <1206909787.3091.15.camel@troy.riegger.name> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo GNAP development X-BeenThere: gnap-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gnap-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 50acd9d5-7a2d-42ad-824f-d14187915256 X-Archives-Hash: 8da3e446d359cf92ec54a44911175b45 On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 18:37 +0200, Vit Vomacko wrote: > My name is V=C3=AD=C5=A5a Vom=C3=A1=C4=8Dko (maybe some letters are = strange to you:), 21=20 > years old, from Czech Republic Nice. I'm from germany, but i have some friends in Czech Republic. I've been on a trip to Prag, Brno and Vsetin last month. > I have some ideas, based on Jos=C3=A9 Alberto's, Philipp Riegger's and = mine,=20 > as a newcomer (may not be suitable for project, may be too long term ).= =20 > So please tell me what seems to be good and what is totally rubbish:D >=20 > * bug fixing (less bug, will report; cdrtools collision, a lot of > bugs opened) This is great. I've been looking for a new bug fixing release for a long long time. > * wrap,router board enhancements ( i will have direct access to it) This sounds great. I'm looking forward to hearing from you, i've always wanted one of these toys! > * glsa checks for your overlay (to be sure, that there is now > critical security bug in your gnap devices) > * overall upgrade of gnap core (new snapshot, gnap core..., move to > gnap 2.1 release and continue) > * interactive setup ( to be even easier to use for beginners, > answers some questions and build what is needed) I was always thinking about stabilizing the non-interactive part more, but i'm looking forward to hearing your ideas. > * CLI (inspired by vyatta project, would be nice to share code, > provides great management ability) and web interface for basic > changes (networking, firmware upgrades) (definitely try to use=20 > and edit code from other similar projects, use existing framework= s) Do you know Mikroconf, which has been written for last years SoC? It's not included anywhere, i think, but it sounds promising. Flexible modular design,... > * unionfs, support (I know that second guy would like to work on it= ) With this you mean: / on squashfs, writable with unionfs and some local storage? > * live formware upgrade Ca you elaborate on this? Are you talking about the whole image, only applications on it, upgreade with or without downtime? > * use new catalyst (don't know exactly problems connected to it) Mostly, that portage has to be newer than the one in the current seedstage shipped with gnap 2.0. > * extensions installation made easier (maybe to have basic > extensions available on the internet and automatically get them) Prebuilt, or config files? Well, for routerboards and maybe x86 prebuilt could make sense. > * look at cross compiling ( I have some experience, so know that it= s > difficult, so sth.that could be done in shorter terms) That's what i did not have when i tried it last year. I would really like to read your suggestions on this. > * work on selected issues from Phillips's ideas ( > http://archives.gentoo.org/gnap-dev/msg_01d6ef92bb66927018b413146= 2808391.xml > ) >=20 > Definitely I'd like to continue after SoC finishes. SO since tomorrow i= s=20 > deadline:( try to comment it asap, I will be very happy of your comment= s. I was out for the weekend, so i could not comment sooner. And BaSS (Jose) seems to be not that responsive at the moment. Anyway, i hope you apply and i hope they take you and i hope, i can help you in any way. >>From what you wrote about your experience, this is unlikely. :-) Philipp --=20 gnap-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list