Hi, On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 06:24:38PM +0530, Grivan Thapar wrote:
> 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. That's a good start :-) > 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. Unfortunately I can't help with that, as I have no clue about Python... I hope Anatoly will reply. > What could I possibly look into as a 'task' to accomplish beforehand > to maybe investigate my capabilities and learn more? Well, I don't know what things are missing from the current implementation, so I can't really say how to improve it... Again, this would need some input from Anatoly. Or perhaps you can find something worth improving yourself? -antrik-
