Hi, said that I'm not a GNU Hurd authority or anything closer to that, just want to point you out that as for GSoc's rules you cannot (at least you shouldn't) apply in group for a single project proposal [0].
My best regards, Ali Servet Dönmez [0]: http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_group_apply On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 20:39 -0800, subin surendren wrote: > I am a student doing my undergraduate engineering course in > Information Technology at MES College of Engineering, Kuttipuram in > India. > > I have just come across the GNU Hurd project being listed as a mentor > organisation in Google SoC 2008. > > I have a proposal to work on the "installer part" of the GNU Hurd. A > few of my seniors did work on this project (GNU Hurd LX Installer) > last year co-ordinating with Philip Charles of New Zealand. Our work > has been listed at http://gnu.ethz.ch/hurd > > The LX installer project was also listed by Sourceforge at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/hurdlx > > Since GNU Hurd doesn't have a native installer, the LX project made > use of a stable surrogate installer for the purpose of installation > and went ahead right upto the features of getting X console after > installation – which was unique. > > This time around, our plan is to extend these features further : > (a) incorporate latest stable surrogate installer > (b) get a gui installer part working > (c) work with the latest release of Hurd – equivalent to K16 or later > > Since the guides of this project is here (C K Raju, Raghesh A and > Badharudeen P), it would be possible to carry the work forward. > > The proposed team members (all classmates) are > > (1) Subin M > (2) Manoj K M > (3) Binu J Raj > > We are awaiting to hear from you, > > Yours truly, > > > > > -- Ali Servet Dönmez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
