Hello I am interested in applying in GSoC this year for the Hurd. I have python experience from my last year's GSoC project in python, although I don't have much programming interface designing experience. I do have a deep interest in the kernel architecture and OS in general. I read the hhg and am reading other related documentation on the Hurd wiki, I was able to run the Hurd Debian dist using qemu, and tried some of my newly gained knowledge with the translators.
I cloned the code form the Savannah mercurial repo, tried to read into it and understand what is happening. I then tried installing PyHurd to do some testing, but I did not get much luck there, I tried to use an older version of Cython which the module supports but I could not compile the Cython (0.10.3) code on my Hurd installation, a newer version though complies and installs fine. I am still looking into that. Can I try making a patch? What could I possibly look into as a 'task' to accomplish beforehand to maybe investigate my capabilities and learn more? Thanks! -- Grivan Thapar
