From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Westby Subject: Re: Sparse and the Google Summer of Code 2008 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:08:53 +0000 Message-ID: <1205262533.6161.4.camel@flash> References: <47D6CD7F.6010800@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [89.145.97.141] ([89.145.97.141]:59656 "EHLO jameswestby.net" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752579AbYCKTda (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:33:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <47D6CD7F.6010800@kernel.org> Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org To: Josh Triplett Cc: Alexey Zaytsev , linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org 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