March 31, 2023 2:39 PM, "Yasser Cherfaoui" <yasser.cherfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear GNU Hurd team, > > I am writing to express my interest in taking the GNU Hurd project as a > Google Summer of Code > (GSoC) 2023 project. I am a computer science student with experience in > system programming and > kernel development, and I have been following the GNU Hurd project for some > time now. > > I am particularly drawn to the GNU Hurd project because of its unique > microkernel architecture and > its potential to provide a more secure and flexible operating system. I am > excited about the > opportunity to work with the GNU Hurd team and contribute to the project as a > GSoC participant. > > I have reviewed the list of project ideas on the GNU Hurd website and I am > particularly interested > in the following projects: > > Improving the Hurd networking subsystem > Enhancing Hurd's virtual memory subsystem > Adding support for new file systems to the Hurd > However, I am open to working on any project that the GNU Hurd team considers > suitable for a GSoC > participant. > > I would be honored to contribute to the GNU Hurd project as a GSoC > participant and would appreciate > any guidance and support that the GNU Hurd team can provide. Please let me > know if there are any > additional resources that I should review to prepare for the project. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > Sincerely, > > Yasser Cherfaoui Thanks for expressing your interest! Feel free to join us on #hurd on libera.chat. It's a good place to get advice. Please note that I am a hurd enthusiast, not a developer. Which filesystems would you like to port to the Hurd? That sounds like quite a job. I know someone worked on porting ext3 to the Hurd, and it mostly works but still has some bugs that make switching to it not so good.
