From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.233.166.181] (helo=py-out-1112.google.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JTkAX-0008FO-74 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:43:30 +0100 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id y77so2138128pyg.28 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:42:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.35.106.1 with SMTP id i1mr4290684pym.62.1203972172846; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:42:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from rn083002.morris.umn.edu ( [146.57.83.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x56sm13637881pyg.36.2008.02.25.12.42.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:42:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47C32843.8010302@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:42:43 -0600 From: Jacob Thebault-Spieker User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <47C313E7.4080202@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 64.233.166.181 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: summatusmentis@gmail.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on serenity X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:39:36 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:43:30 -0000 X-Groupsio-MsgNum: 4315 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig29EFF772FDFDAF4E4E41A2A6" --------------enig29EFF772FDFDAF4E4E41A2A6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I can see how my idea may not fit openembedded exactly. I guess I just=20 decided to try here first, as OE is not only the build-system, but also=20 the base for many distros, most of which work closely with OE. If OE is=20 not the right place, I will most definitely check with Angstrom, I just=20 thought I should check here first. Thanks for the input. -- Jacob Thebault-Spieker Cell: (207) 717-5114 Leon Woestenberg wrote: > Hello, >=20 > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Jacob Thebault-Spieker > wrote: >> I'm a first year Computer Science major interested in participating in= >> Google Summer of Code. What's the process for doing this in OE? Is th= ere >> a process? Who should I talk to about mentoring? Are there any projec= ts >> that I could do? I'm relatively familiar with OE, specifically Angstr= om, >> as I have a two Zaurii, a C3200 and an SL-5500. >> >> I don't know of anything specific about OE that's not fully functiona= l, >> although, one project I was thinking about was a GUI video player, as= a >> frontend for mplayer. >=20 > Your idea sounds great, and there happens a lot of > kernel/drivers/library/application programming, but your idea does not > fit OpenEmbedded itself very well, because OpenEmbedded is the build > system. >=20 > However, one of the developers or maintainers might be interested to > mentor you, who knows. >=20 > I would suggest to also ask around elsewhere though, at least bring > this up on the related handhelds mailing lists, angstrom might already > be more on topic then oe. >=20 > Good luck!! --------------enig29EFF772FDFDAF4E4E41A2A6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkfDKEkACgkQtXjjJ1zu9YCARwCfYYrBfsfeQ6icxpuuhqMbJ4zV q/wAoJGnxxDWR842DtIGbjr47Hmjma+Y =jqz4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig29EFF772FDFDAF4E4E41A2A6--