Re: Sparse and the Google Summer of Code 2008

[James Westby <jw+debian@jameswestby.net>]

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 11:20 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> If anyone else on the Sparse list has an interest in mentoring, please
> let me know as soon as possible.
> 
> For anyone thinking about project ideas, I'd like to make two general
> recommendations:
> 
> * Have specific goals, rather than just "improve support for $FOO".
> 
> * Release early, release often.  Please get comfortable with the idea
>   of releasing your work to the Sparse mailing list, regardless of the
>   current state of that work.
> 
> Regarding specific project ideas, I would have a particularly strong
> interest in projects related to improved context checking (including
> via abstract interpretation or similar), projects to make it easier to
> add new checks to Sparse or maintain the existing checks, or projects
> attempting to port C test suites (such as GCC's) to Sparse.

Hi,

I have some interest in abstract interpretation and the like, and I 
think it would be cool for someone to work on it, so I would be willing
to (co-)mentor someone on this project.

I realise I am not known on this list, so you may not want to trust me
with the role, and I would understand that.

Thanks,

James